TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 190647 [ 2023TNSTR2575....1A ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-10-13 21:31:46
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 2018mkh
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18acyxxen
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:59:45.105 (149.937936) DEC = +33:56:08.32 (33.9356431)
Discovery date: 2018-12-19 12:40:50.304 (JD=2458472.0283565)


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/ANT20194o73o

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-12-19 12:40:50.304
Flux: 20.1659 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-12-15 12:34:39
Limiting flux: 18.1211 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/2018mkh