TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 24940 [ 2018TNSTR1763....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-11-13 02:11:41
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 2018ild
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18achqmhh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:29:47.296 (67.4470653) DEC = +18:47:48.43 (18.796787)
Discovery date: 2018-11-12 07:43:40.000 (JD=2458434.8219907)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-11-12 07:43:40.000
Flux: 17.99 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-11-10 07:13:26
Limiting flux: 20.16 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/2018ild