TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 22735 [ 2018TNSTR1394....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-09-16 06:27:12
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 2018gkd
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aabneji
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:08:20.563 (107.0856807) DEC = +18:46:48.34 (18.7800945)
Discovery date: 2018-09-10 11:21:07.000 (JD=2458371.9729977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-09-10 11:21:07.000
Flux: 18.44 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-09-07 11:18:14
Limiting flux: 20.15 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/2018gkd