TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 18755 [ 2018TNSTR.691....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-05-22 06:27:14
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_Bot1
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

C. Fremling (Caltech), K. Taggart (LJMU) on behalf of the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2018bvw
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aaqjovh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:52:43.621 (178.1817541) DEC = +25:40:30.12 (25.6750332)
Discovery date: 2018-05-05 04:04:48.000 (JD=2458243.67)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-05-05 04:04:48.000
Flux: 18.65 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-04-25 04:13:26
Limiting flux: 19.78 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/2018bvw