TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 21132 [ 2018TNSTR1064....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-07-31 22:08:55
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 2018emk
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18abjsdwi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:45:12.155 (266.3006445) DEC = +14:54:55.18 (14.915327)
Discovery date: 2018-07-27 03:56:09.000 (JD=2458326.6639931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-07-27 03:56:09.000
Flux: 18.04 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-07-23 06:01:26
Limiting flux: 19.97 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/2018emk