TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 273776 [ 2025TNSTR4177....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-10-18 10:00:46
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

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: TDE 2018mqa
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18acmqevd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:10:06.069 (122.5252889) DEC = +24:55:20.13 (24.9222593)
Discovery date: 2018-11-14 09:09:36.996 (JD=2458436.8816782)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-11-14 09:09:36.996
Flux: 17.3627 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-11-14 08:46:14
Limiting flux: 15.7847 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/2018mqa