TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 293952 [ 2026TNSTR.989....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-03-09 07:22:35
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 2018mrz
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18acqtjcz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:03:04.356 (195.7681519) DEC = +06:35:59.84 (6.5999556)
Discovery date: 2018-11-20 13:07:39.002 (JD=2458443.0469792)


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: 2018-11-20 13:07:39.002
Flux: 18.5835 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-11-20 13:05:37
Limiting flux: 19.8804 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/2018mrz