TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 162885 [ 2022TNSTR3132....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2022-10-27 10:29:04
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 2018mdv
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18abqluad
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:44:02.478 (11.0103245) DEC = +08:21:41.21 (8.3614482)
Discovery date: 2018-08-28 08:34:04.800 (JD=2458358.857)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-08-28 08:34:04.800
Flux: 17.59 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-08-22 09:59:02
Limiting flux: 20.84 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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