TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 190628 [ 2023TNSTR2575....1A ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-10-13 21:07:38
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 2018mjp
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18accwild
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:28:32.645 (157.1360217) DEC = +23:34:39.98 (23.5777726)
Discovery date: 2018-11-07 12:34:33.600 (JD=2458430.0240046)


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/ANT2018kibku

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-11-07 12:34:33.600
Flux: 20.122 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-11-03 11:37:10
Limiting flux: 19.6992 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/2018mjp