Discovery certificate for object 2018dbg
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 19920 [ 2018TNSTR.915....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-07-02 21:10:55
Sender: ZTF (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 2018dbg
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18abdffeo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:17:58.860 (214.4952503) DEC = +26:24:44.59 (26.4123874)
Discovery date: 2018-06-28 06:25:55.000 (JD=2458297.7679977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-06-28 06:25:55.000
Flux: 18.43 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-06-25 06:02:52
Limiting flux: 20.06 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/2018dbg