TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 21840 [ 2018TNSTR1231....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-08-22 20:26:05
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 2018fik
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18abnoonq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:12:37.119 (273.1546637) DEC = +15:54:53.40 (15.9148327)
Discovery date: 2018-08-18 03:56:09.000 (JD=2458348.6639931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-08-18 03:56:09.000
Flux: 20.26 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-08-14 04:11:59
Limiting flux: 20.74 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/2018fik