TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 23961 [ 2018TNSTR1690....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-11-04 05:54:04
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 2018hum
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18abuwcul
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:05:39.983 (31.4165946) DEC = -09:07:50.37 (-9.130659)
Discovery date: 2018-11-03 07:06:14.000 (JD=2458425.7959954)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-11-03 07:06:14.000
Flux: 19.09 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-10-06 09:33:07
Limiting flux: 19.98 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/2018hum