TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 27451 [ 2018TNSTR1997....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-12-28 13:50:48
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: SN 2018kyt
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18acyxnyw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:27:56.227 (186.9842807) DEC = +56:23:35.64 (56.3932343)
Discovery date: 2018-12-19 12:16:31.000 (JD=2458472.0114699)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-12-19 12:16:31.000
Flux: 19.79 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-12-15 13:15:27
Limiting flux: 20.57 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/2018kyt