Discovery certificate for object 2018iqq
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 25164 [ 2018TNSTR1800....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-11-20 04:21:03
Sender: ZTF (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 2018iqq
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18abvtcpk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:01:47.879 (45.4494972) DEC = +18:34:05.31 (18.568142)
Discovery date: 2018-11-03 09:20:09.000 (JD=2458425.8889931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-11-03 09:20:09.000
Flux: 19.41 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-10-31 09:38:52
Limiting flux: 19.96 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/2018iqq