TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 21842 [ 2018TNSTR1231....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-08-22 20:37:44
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 2018fim
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18ablqkud
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:37:39.977 (249.4165712) DEC = +25:19:15.26 (25.3209067)
Discovery date: 2018-08-06 05:06:43.000 (JD=2458336.7129977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-08-06 05:06:43.000
Flux: 19.93 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-08-03 03:54:43
Limiting flux: 20.44 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/2018fim