TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 258802 [ 2025TNSTR2262....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-06-17 07:14:57
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

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

IAU Designation: AT 2018mpn
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18abjjuvo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:48:25.121 (267.104669) DEC = +76:35:51.26 (76.5975716)
Discovery date: 2018-11-13 02:28:04.002 (JD=2458435.6028241)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-11-13 02:28:04.002
Flux: 18.9232 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-11-10 04:12:47
Limiting flux: 19.8528 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/2018mpn