TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 163055 [ 2022TNSTR3153....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2022-10-29 12:28:57
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 2018mdw
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18abvhuqm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:38:23.539 (279.5980791) DEC = +09:20:53.76 (9.3482674)
Discovery date: 2018-09-12 05:32:38.400 (JD=2458373.731)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-09-12 05:32:38.400
Flux: 18.67 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-09-12 03:31:41
Limiting flux: 20.65 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/2018mdw