Discovery certificate for object 2018fjy
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 21888 [ 2018TNSTR1243....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-08-25 07:00:52
Sender: ZTF (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 2018fjy
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18abnbsjx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:42:58.202 (280.7425104) DEC = +73:42:28.36 (73.7078767)
Discovery date: 2018-08-16 07:49:26.000 (JD=2458346.8259954)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-08-16 07:49:26.000
Flux: 14.19 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-08-13 09:15:50
Limiting flux: 20.68 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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