TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 25822 [ 2018TNSTR1867....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-12-04 09:46:19
Date made public:
Sender: 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: AT 2018jip
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18acsopnk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:06:08.659 (121.5360802) DEC = +15:39:17.96 (15.6549876)
Discovery date: 2018-11-19 09:12:08.000 (JD=2458441.8834259)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-11-19 09:12:08.000
Flux: 20.4623 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: ZTF non-detection limits not available

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2018jip