TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 190478 [ 2023TNSTR2575....1A ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-10-13 19:06:07
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 2018mgf
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18absljwl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:54:45.264 (13.6885981) DEC = -14:35:32.81 (-14.5924466)
Discovery date: 2018-09-05 10:26:04.128 (JD=2458366.9347685)


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/ANT2018gyisy

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-09-05 10:26:04.128
Flux: 19.5128 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-09-02 10:14:11
Limiting flux: 19.9271 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/2018mgf