TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 20743 [ 2018TNSTR1002....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-07-18 06:50:51
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 2018eah
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aausgdd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:05:06.152 (286.2756351) DEC = +55:43:03.44 (55.7176225)
Discovery date: 2018-06-18 07:45:07.000 (JD=2458287.8229977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-06-18 07:45:07.000
Flux: 19.17 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: Non existent in SDSS/PS1

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2018eah