TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 21166 [ 2018TNSTR1088....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-08-03 01:14:52
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 2018eni
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18abimsyv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:19:11.782 (274.79909) DEC = +54:05:19.29 (54.0886926)
Discovery date: 2018-07-21 10:17:45.000 (JD=2458320.9289931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-07-21 10:17:45.000
Flux: 19.82 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-07-18 10:12:00
Limiting flux: 19.26 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/2018eni