TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 23891 [ 2018TNSTR1674....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-11-02 20:28:35
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 2018hso
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18acbwfza
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:33:51.963 (173.4665117) DEC = +53:07:07.10 (53.1186376)
Discovery date: 2018-10-31 12:51:50.000 (JD=2458423.0359954)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-10-31 12:51:50.000
Flux: 19.41 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-10-31 11:41:16
Limiting flux: 19.54 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/2018hso