TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 162066 [ 2022TNSTR3033....1A ]

Date Received (UTC): 2022-10-18 19:35:04
Date made public:
Sender: SNAD_bot
Reporting Group: SNAD     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Patrick Aleo (UIUC) on behalf of the SNAD team report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2018mda
Discoverer internal name: SNAD224
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:40:53.146 (295.22144) DEC = +58:04:14.34 (58.07065)
Discovery date: 2018-06-15 09:21:36.000 (JD=2458284.8900022)


Remarks: Transient identified by SNAD Miner (https://arxiv.org/pdf/2111.11555.pdf). See more info at: https://ztf.snad.space/view/799113200007657

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-06-15 09:21:36.000
Flux: 20.98 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: For the first photometric point reference magnitude is 20.98 mag. ZTF DR OID 799113200007657 (zg). ZTF Alert ID ZTF18abarhht.

Last non-detection:
Archival info: DSS

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