TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 215855 [ 2024TNSTR2105....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-25 17:17:28
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Sophia Risin (UC Berkeley), Daniel Perley (LJMU), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024mug
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18admeklm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:47:34.895 (281.8953961) DEC = +19:46:44.16 (19.7789339)
Discovery date: 2024-06-01 10:06:10.995 (JD=2460462.9209606)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-01 10:06:10.995
Flux: 20.7428 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-01 10:00:22
Limiting flux: 20.9201 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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