TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 20818 [ 2018TNSTR1032....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-07-25 01:42:45
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 2018eco
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18abgxyfz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:15:29.488 (288.8728679) DEC = +31:39:51.98 (31.6644402)
Discovery date: 2018-07-15 08:36:57.000 (JD=2458314.8589931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-07-15 08:36:57.000
Flux: 16.04 ABMag
Filter: g-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/2018eco