TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 26315 [ 2018TNSTR1925....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-12-14 20:51:05
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 2018jvs
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18acurkvc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:24:21.799 (171.0908278) DEC = +25:20:28.96 (25.3413788)
Discovery date: 2018-12-09 11:36:02.000 (JD=2458461.9833565)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-12-09 11:36:02.000
Flux: 19.7332 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-11-28 12:26:12
Limiting flux: 19.87 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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