TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 25445 [ 2018TNSTR1821....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-11-25 13:37:43
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_AMPEL_NEW
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

J. Nordin, V. Brinnel, M. Giomi, J. van Santen (HU Berlin), A. Gal-Yam, O. Yaron, S. Schulze (Weizmann) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2018ixr
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18acgieca
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:58:59.667 (74.7486108) DEC = -05:46:37.97 (-5.7772135)
Discovery date: 2018-11-09 08:34:47.000 (JD=2458431.8574884)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-11-09 08:34:47.000
Flux: 15.4754 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: ZTF non-detection limits not available

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