TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 215998 [ 2024TNSTR2141....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-27 08:28:15
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Jesper Sollerman (SU), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Daniel Perley (LJMU), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2024mxr
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aatccmo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:00:00.968 (240.0040328) DEC = -19:32:58.69 (-19.5496362)
Discovery date: 2024-06-25 05:30:42.001 (JD=2460486.7296528)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-25 05:30:42.001
Flux: 19.9051 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-23 08:22:15
Limiting flux: 18.7113 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024mxr