Discovery certificate for object 2018ike
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 24887 [ 2018TNSTR1759....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-11-12 13:05:12
Sender: ZTF (ZTF_AMPEL_NEW)
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

J. Nordin, V. Brinnel, M. Giomi, J. van Santen (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 2018ike
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18abvrvdk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:39:13.648 (24.8068676) DEC = +12:13:48.38 (12.2301046)
Discovery date: 2018-10-31 06:26:00.000 (JD=2458422.7680556)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-10-31 06:26:00.000
Flux: 19.3322 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: ZTF non-detection limits not available

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2018ike