TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 220982 [ 2024TNSTR2768....1A ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-05 13:03:27
Date made public:
Sender: SNAD_bot
Reporting Group: SNAD     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Patrick Aleo (UIUC) on behalf of the SNAD team report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2018moc
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aaygsgd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:58:15.322 (269.56384) DEC = +17:44:45.85 (17.74607)
Discovery date: 2018-03-26 12:04:52.896 (JD=2458204.00339)


Remarks: Transient identified by SNAD Miner (https://arxiv.org/pdf/2111.11555.pdf). See more info at: https://ztf.snad.space/view/587105300022592. The ZTF Alert ID for this object is ZTF18aaygsgd. The internal SNAD Object ID is SNAD249.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-03-26 12:04:52.896
Flux: 20.24 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: For the first photometric point reference magnitude is 21.74 mag. ZTF DR OID 587105300022592 (zg). ZTF Alert ID ZTF18aaygsgd.

Last non-detection:
Archival info: DSS

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2018moc