TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 260293 [ 2025TNSTR2438....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-06-27 14:28:42
Date made public:
Sender: BTSbot_bot
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Nabeel Rehemtulla (CIERA, NU), Wynn Jacobson-Galán (Caltech), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2018mpp
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18abtrjvw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:54:25.317 (13.605488) DEC = +05:41:21.31 (5.6892524)
Discovery date: 2018-09-06 09:34:14.998 (JD=2458367.8987847)


Remarks: Bright (m_peak <= 18.5) transient candidate identified autonomously by BTSbot (Rehemtulla et al. 2024; arXiv:2401.15167).

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-09-06 09:34:14.998
Flux: 19.848 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-09-06 08:52:16
Limiting flux: 20.6597 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/2018mpp