Discovery certificate for object 2018ith
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 25269 [ 2018TNSTR1809....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-11-21 13:15:51
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: SN 2018ith
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18acmxkzj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:39:22.017 (9.8417369) DEC = +06:47:20.66 (6.789072)
Discovery date: 2018-11-15 05:37:02.000 (JD=2458437.7340625)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-11-15 05:37:02.000
Flux: 20.0015 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-11-12 06:05:28
Limiting flux: 20.25 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/2018ith