TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 25592 [ 2018TNSTR2038....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-11-27 10:20:00
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 2018jcf
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18acrdhuj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:58:49.147 (119.704779) DEC = +09:02:36.38 (9.0434399)
Discovery date: 2018-11-25 10:59:31.000 (JD=2458447.9579977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-11-25 10:59:31.000
Flux: 16.88 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-11-20 08:45:36
Limiting flux: 18.11 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/2018jcf