TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 295032 [ 2026TNSTR1185....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-03-19 11:50:40
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 2018mtb
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aaizyqk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:11:03.721 (227.7655049) DEC = +36:34:54.84 (36.5818997)
Discovery date: 2018-06-05 06:06:36.999 (JD=2458274.7545949)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-06-05 06:06:36.999
Flux: 20.746 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-06-04 08:08:42
Limiting flux: 20.3134 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/2018mtb