TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 26234 [ 2018TNSTR1924....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-12-14 06:58:06
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 2018jtr
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18acvggyy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:43:14.321 (145.8096702) DEC = +15:26:17.24 (15.4381228)
Discovery date: 2018-12-12 11:13:55.000 (JD=2458464.9679977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-12-12 11:13:55.000
Flux: 18.96 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-12-09 12:33:07
Limiting flux: 19.88 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/2018jtr