Discovery certificate for object 2018ibq
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 24355 [ 2018TNSTR1725....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-11-07 15:21:17
Sender: ZTF (ZTF_AMPEL_NEW)
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

J. Nordin, V. Brinnel (HU Berlin), A. Gal-Yam, O. Yaron, S. Schulze (Weizmann) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2018ibq
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18acbvmjq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:15:39.813 (93.915889) DEC = +50:20:01.26 (50.3336823)
Discovery date: 2018-10-31 09:12:31.000 (JD=2458422.8837037)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-10-31 09:12:31.000
Flux: 19.0392 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-10-06 12:07:46
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/2018ibq