TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 226379 [ 2024TNSTR3689....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-24 08:00:58
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Daniel Perley (LJMU), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2018mop
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aakjjyl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:36:12.920 (234.0538346) DEC = +54:16:59.91 (54.2833097)
Discovery date: 2018-07-13 04:54:09.999 (JD=2458312.7042824)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-07-13 04:54:09.999
Flux: 17.7474 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-07-12 07:58:03
Limiting flux: 20.3693 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/2018mop