TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 27283 [ 2018TNSTR1975....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-12-24 21:27:22
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 2018ktw
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18acyxock
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:31:24.665 (187.8527716) DEC = +63:39:33.03 (63.6591737)
Discovery date: 2018-12-19 13:16:01.000 (JD=2458472.0527894)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-12-19 13:16:01.000
Flux: 20.12 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-12-12 11:50:29
Limiting flux: 20.63 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/2018ktw