TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 26017 [ 2018TNSTR1893....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-12-09 13:01:14
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 2018jnv
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18acsotqw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:04:22.219 (136.0925807) DEC = +12:47:25.36 (12.7903789)
Discovery date: 2018-12-03 11:04:43.000 (JD=2458455.9616088)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-12-03 11:04:43.000
Flux: 19.9929 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/2018jnv