TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 190439 [ 2023TNSTR2575....1A ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-10-13 17:57:59
Date made public:
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Reporting Group: ANTARES     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

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

IAU Designation: AT 2018mfp
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19aaaamwp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:19:07.208 (19.7800322) DEC = +29:28:18.72 (29.4718678)
Discovery date: 2018-12-31 02:51:05.184 (JD=2458483.6188079)


Remarks: Supernova candidate identified by the LAISS pipeline (Aleo et al. 2023, in prep), via an approximate nearest neighbors (ANNs) similarity search algorithm. See locus info at: https://antares.noirlab.edu/loci/ANT20194guic

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-12-31 02:51:05.184
Flux: 20.3218 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-12-29 07:15:21
Limiting flux: 19.4054 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/2018mfp