TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 309001 [ 2026TNSTR2617....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-19 08:57:48
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: AT 2018mva
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18abzvtly
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:32:51.963 (308.2165117) DEC = -02:59:16.74 (-2.9879825)
Discovery date: 2018-09-28 04:02:55.999 (JD=2458389.6687037)


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: 2018-09-28 04:02:55.999
Flux: 19.8629 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-09-26 05:30:18
Limiting flux: 19.351 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/2018mva