TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 25591 [ 2018TNSTR2038....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-11-27 10:19:39
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 2018jce
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18acrdgfb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:10:24.948 (122.6039512) DEC = +27:05:16.02 (27.0877836)
Discovery date: 2018-11-25 10:52:19.000 (JD=2458447.9529977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-11-25 10:52:19.000
Flux: 18.19 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-11-21 09:27:21
Limiting flux: 20.14 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/2018jce