TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 264326 [ 2025TNSTR2992....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-07-30 09:30:29
Date made public:
Sender: SNAD_bot
Reporting Group: SNAD     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Timofey Semenikhin on behalf of the SNAD team report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2018mpt
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18abmkbqk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:11:14.201 (227.80917) DEC = +48:33:05.40 (48.5515)
Discovery date: 2018-08-16 04:10:05.088 (JD=2458346.67367)


Remarks: Transient identified by PineForest. See more info at: https://ztf.snad.space/view/759209300030421. The ZTF Alert ID for this object is ZTF18abmkbqk. The internal SNAD Object ID is SNAD285.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-08-16 04:10:05.088
Flux: 20.94 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: For the first photometric point reference magnitude is 19.8 mag. ZTF DR OID 759209300030421 (zr). ZTF Alert ID ZTF18abmkbqk.

Last non-detection:
Archival info: DSS

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