TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 19582 [ 2018TNSTR.851....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-06-19 04:43:48
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: SN 2018crs
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aazjztm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:20:24.397 (260.1016527) DEC = +55:12:52.72 (55.2146456)
Discovery date: 2018-06-12 06:44:38.000 (JD=2458281.7809954)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-06-12 06:44:38.000
Flux: 19.69 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-06-09 08:52:48
Limiting flux: 20.93 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/2018crs