TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 220983 [ 2024TNSTR2768....1A ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-05 13:09:42
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 2018mod
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aayfrrt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:55:19.894 (268.83289) DEC = +17:35:05.35 (17.58482)
Discovery date: 2018-04-23 10:08:55.104 (JD=2458231.92286)


Remarks: Transient identified by SNAD Miner (https://arxiv.org/pdf/2111.11555.pdf). See more info at: https://ztf.snad.space/view/587106400017817. The ZTF Alert ID for this object is ZTF18aayfrrt. The internal SNAD Object ID is SNAD250.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-04-23 10:08:55.104
Flux: 21.33 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: For the first photometric point reference magnitude is 21.29 mag. ZTF DR OID 587106400017817 (zg). ZTF Alert ID ZTF18aayfrrt.

Last non-detection:
Archival info: DSS

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