TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 26701 [ 2018TNSTR1951....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-12-19 10:19:54
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 2018keh
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18acvwchv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:36:58.294 (204.2428917) DEC = +56:31:50.87 (56.5307982)
Discovery date: 2018-12-13 12:18:10.000 (JD=2458466.0126157)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-12-13 12:18:10.000
Flux: 19.4805 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-11-28 11:44:00
Limiting flux: 19.76 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/2018keh