TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 23136 [ 2018TNSTR1463....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-09-28 03:19:19
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 2018gwm
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aacopwm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:21:17.333 (110.3222196) DEC = +49:48:28.96 (49.808044)
Discovery date: 2018-09-22 12:12:57.000 (JD=2458384.0089931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-09-22 12:12:57.000
Flux: 19.33 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-09-19 11:19:40
Limiting flux: 20.34 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/2018gwm