TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 293603 [ 2026TNSTR.925....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-03-05 09:32:47
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Jesper Sollerman (SU) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2018mro
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18acatfls
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:35:02.061 (353.7585863) DEC = +07:22:35.51 (7.37653145)
Discovery date: 2018-10-09 05:23:15.996 (JD=2458400.7244907)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-10-09 05:23:15.996
Flux: 20.4678 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-09-17 09:20:33
Limiting flux: 20.5294 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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