Discovery certificate for object 2018eac
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 20736 [ 2018TNSTR1002....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-07-18 06:43:21
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: AT 2018eac
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aasjxor
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:58:02.828 (269.5117817) DEC = +62:22:42.52 (62.3784767)
Discovery date: 2018-07-17 05:54:14.000 (JD=2458316.7459954)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-07-17 05:54:14.000
Flux: 18.88 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-07-11 09:27:21
Limiting flux: 20.17 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/2018eac