TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 26839 [ 2018TNSTR1958....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-12-20 20:01:35
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: SN 2018khw
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18acwwonp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:29:31.245 (202.3801858) DEC = +61:26:11.63 (61.4365639)
Discovery date: 2018-12-16 10:46:07.000 (JD=2458468.9487037)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-12-16 10:46:07.000
Flux: 19.77 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-12-13 12:17:25
Limiting flux: 19.97 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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