TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 23063 [ 2018TNSTR1448....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-09-25 05:08:01
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 2018guf
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18abxyutn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:49:11.737 (312.2989057) DEC = +29:34:42.33 (29.5784257)
Discovery date: 2018-09-21 05:38:24.000 (JD=2458382.735)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-09-21 05:38:24.000
Flux: 17.79 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-09-18 07:52:19
Limiting flux: 20.43 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/2018guf