TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 20825 [ 2018TNSTR1032....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-07-25 01:44:36
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_Bot1
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

C. Fremling (Caltech) on behalf of the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2018ecs
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18abijtau
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:38:19.194 (279.5799758) DEC = +20:22:04.01 (20.3677799)
Discovery date: 2018-07-20 08:36:57.000 (JD=2458319.8589931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-07-20 08:36:57.000
Flux: 18.49 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-07-17 08:34:04
Limiting flux: 20.67 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/2018ecs