TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 264327 [ 2025TNSTR2992....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-07-30 09:32:45
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 2018mpu
Discoverer internal name: ZTF21acmivtg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:18:57.312 (49.7388) DEC = -20:54:51.52 (-20.91431)
Discovery date: 2018-11-10 07:07:45.120 (JD=2458432.79705)


Remarks: Transient identified by PineForest. See more info at: https://ztf.snad.space/view/252216200002097. The ZTF Alert ID for this object is ZTF21acmivtg. The internal SNAD Object ID is SNAD286.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-11-10 07:07:45.120
Flux: 20.4 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: For the first photometric point reference magnitude is 19.47 mag. ZTF DR OID 252216200002097 (zr). ZTF Alert ID ZTF21acmivtg.

Last non-detection:
Archival info: DSS

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