TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 279421 [ 2025TNSTR4856....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-12-06 04:00:30
Date made public:
Sender: BTSbot_bot
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Nabeel Rehemtulla (CIERA, NU), Wynn Jacobson-Galán (Caltech), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2018mqc
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18abquher
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:48:24.114 (12.1004735) DEC = +08:11:25.09 (8.190302)
Discovery date: 2018-08-28 09:22:30.000 (JD=2458358.890625)


Remarks: Bright (m_peak <= 18.5) transient candidate identified autonomously by BTSbot (Rehemtulla et al. 2024; arXiv:2401.15167).

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-08-28 09:22:30.000
Flux: 18.1794 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-08-28 09:21:05
Limiting flux: 18.5454 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/2018mqc