Discovery certificate for object 2018joq
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 26040 [ 2018TNSTR1893....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-12-09 13:08:56
Sender: ZTF (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 2018joq
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18acurpvu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:45:08.960 (131.2873349) DEC = +10:53:38.96 (10.8941567)
Discovery date: 2018-12-03 10:55:04.000 (JD=2458455.9549074)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-12-03 10:55:04.000
Flux: 20.5563 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/2018joq