TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 20684 [ 2018TNSTR.987....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-07-15 20:48:55
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 2018dyp
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aansqun
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:45:10.107 (251.2921112) DEC = +42:43:04.37 (42.7178818)
Discovery date: 2018-07-06 05:12:28.000 (JD=2458305.7169907)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-07-06 05:12:28.000
Flux: 19.69 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-07-03 07:19:12
Limiting flux: 20.19 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/2018dyp