TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 116809 [ 2021TNSTR2376....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2021-07-09 15:54:12
Date made public:
Sender: Florian Mondon
Reporting Group: SNAD     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Florian Mondon report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2018lya
Discoverer internal name: SNAD142
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:16:46.634 (274.19431) DEC = +59:26:25.33 (59.44037)
Discovery date: 2018-07-03 08:17:53.664 (JD=2458302.84576)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-07-03 08:17:53.664
Flux: 20.55 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: The discovery based on machine learning algorithms. For the first photometric point reference magnitude is 21.03 mag. ZTF DR OID 826202200030732, ZTF Alert ID ZTF18ablvrgt.

Last non-detection:
Archival info: DSS

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2018lya