TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 146105 [ 2022TNSTR1117....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2022-04-29 12:16:06
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_Bot1
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

C. Fremling (Caltech) on behalf of the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2018mbf
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aauiigh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:08:14.753 (167.0614693) DEC = +25:26:57.68 (25.449355)
Discovery date: 2018-11-01 12:34:33.600 (JD=2458424.024)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-11-01 12:34:33.600
Flux: 19.82 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-05-10 03:51:50
Limiting flux: 20.59 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/2018mbf