TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 190586 [ 2023TNSTR2575....1A ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-10-13 20:47:22
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 2018mid
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18absrljp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:52:18.099 (253.0754115) DEC = +49:50:50.92 (49.8474773)
Discovery date: 2018-09-04 03:46:43.680 (JD=2458365.6574537)


Remarks: Supernova candidate identified by the LAISS pipeline (Aleo et al. 2023, in prep), via an exhaustive search. See locus info at: https://antares.noirlab.edu/loci/ANT2018g2x4g

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-09-04 03:46:43.680
Flux: 20.3712 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-09-01 04:50:28
Limiting flux: 20.8754 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/2018mid