TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 25830 [ 2018TNSTR1867....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-12-04 10:11:50
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 2018jiv
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18acsvjyx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:52:40.082 (133.1670067) DEC = +16:41:51.46 (16.6976284)
Discovery date: 2018-12-03 11:59:28.000 (JD=2458455.9996296)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-12-03 11:59:28.000
Flux: 18.2126 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/2018jiv