Discovery certificate for object 2018ftw
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 22216 [ 2018TNSTR1305....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-09-05 06:18:07
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 2018ftw
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18absrffm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:20:56.621 (260.2359228) DEC = +07:48:33.75 (7.8093761)
Discovery date: 2018-09-04 03:33:07.000 (JD=2458365.6479977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-09-04 03:33:07.000
Flux: 18.62 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-09-01 03:37:26
Limiting flux: 20.42 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/2018ftw