TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 205243 [ 2024TNSTR.698....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-03-14 23:33:46
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_Bot1
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

C. Fremling (Caltech) on behalf of the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2018mnb
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18abmmwbw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:44:20.270 (281.0844583) DEC = +77:14:35.36 (77.2431553)
Discovery date: 2018-08-13 08:13:55.200 (JD=2458343.843)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-08-13 08:13:55.200
Flux: 18.39 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-08-10 08:15:22
Limiting flux: 19.72 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/2018mnb