TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 190642 [ 2023TNSTR2575....1A ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-10-13 21:29:45
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 2018mkd
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18acvwkvc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:31:43.175 (142.9298967) DEC = +55:58:48.67 (55.980185)
Discovery date: 2018-12-30 13:12:31.104 (JD=2458483.0503588)


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/ANT2019zs2se

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-12-30 13:12:31.104
Flux: 20.2339 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-12-28 11:45:11
Limiting flux: 20.0375 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/2018mkd