TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 215520 [ 2024TNSTR2064....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-23 06:58:17
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: AT 2024mky
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aaskfaf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:50:56.167 (252.7340288) DEC = +34:56:07.15 (34.9353185)
Discovery date: 2024-06-15 09:40:09.998 (JD=2460476.9028935)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-15 09:40:09.998
Flux: 20.9176 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-15 08:58:51
Limiting flux: 20.6995 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/2024mky