TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 295115 [ 2026TNSTR1202....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-03-20 08:43:58
Date made public:
Sender: Angelina Shorohova
Reporting Group: SNAD     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Angelina Shorohova on behalf of the SNAD team. report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2018mtf
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18acanpft
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:24:30.725 (66.12802) DEC = -10:26:23.24 (-10.43979)
Discovery date: 2018-08-26 10:56:22.000 (JD=2458356.9558102)


Remarks: Transient identified by Pineforest (https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.17142). See more info at: https://ztf.snad.space/view/354208100004217. The ZTF Alert ID for this object is ZTF18acanpft. The internal SNAD Object ID is SNAD304.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-08-26 10:56:22.000
Flux: 20.36 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: ZTF DR OID 354208100004217 (zr). ZTF Alert ID ZTF18acanpft.

Last non-detection:
Archival info: SDSS

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