TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 25319 [ 2018TNSTR1812....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-11-22 01:56:16
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 2018iup
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18acpuiwv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:18:13.372 (124.5557184) DEC = +65:14:15.65 (65.2376806)
Discovery date: 2018-11-21 09:48:57.000 (JD=2458443.9089931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-11-21 09:48:57.000
Flux: 19.15 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-11-18 12:20:09
Limiting flux: 20.48 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/2018iup