TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 190605 [ 2023TNSTR2575....1A ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-10-13 20:55:32
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 2018mit
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18abuyomg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:47:56.173 (101.9840522) DEC = +71:18:59.12 (71.316422)
Discovery date: 2018-09-09 11:18:37.728 (JD=2458370.9712731)


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/ANT2018h733c

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-09-09 11:18:37.728
Flux: 20.1119 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-09-06 11:15:09
Limiting flux: 20.8399 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/2018mit