TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 190452 [ 2023TNSTR2575....1A ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-10-13 18:44:54
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 2018mft
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18acbzvzm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:27:54.402 (186.9766731) DEC = +68:26:16.90 (68.4380269)
Discovery date: 2018-11-04 11:09:34.272 (JD=2458426.9649769)


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/ANT2018j7hky

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-11-04 11:09:34.272
Flux: 19.3186 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-11-01 12:52:23
Limiting flux: 19.9119 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/2018mft