TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 20014 [ 2018TNSTR.943....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-07-07 08:29:47
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: AT 2018ddw
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18abeaytd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:38:26.449 (324.6102047) DEC = +28:46:21.76 (28.7727113)
Discovery date: 2018-07-04 08:35:31.000 (JD=2458303.8579977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-07-04 08:35:31.000
Flux: 18.56 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-07-01 10:30:43
Limiting flux: 19.99 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/2018ddw