TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 221043 [ 2024TNSTR2786....1A ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-06 10:17:32
Date made public:
Sender: SNAD_bot
Reporting Group: SNAD     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

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

IAU Designation: AT 2018mol
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18abtslir
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:54:28.474 (43.61864) DEC = +35:57:22.25 (35.95618)
Discovery date: 2018-08-06 11:56:08.448 (JD=2458336.99732)


Remarks: Transient identified by SNAD Miner (https://arxiv.org/pdf/2111.11555.pdf). See more info at: https://ztf.snad.space/view/653113400006264. The ZTF Alert ID for this object is ZTF18abtslir. The internal SNAD Object ID is SNAD258.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-08-06 11:56:08.448
Flux: 19.93 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: For the first photometric point reference magnitude is 20.67 mag. ZTF DR OID 653113400006264 (zg). ZTF Alert ID ZTF18abtslir.

Last non-detection:
Archival info: DSS

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