Discovery certificate for object 2018kii
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 26851 [ 2018TNSTR1958....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-12-20 20:33:57
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 2018kii
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aczdetq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:51:49.136 (162.9547329) DEC = +77:34:17.81 (77.5716138)
Discovery date: 2018-12-20 10:06:33.000 (JD=2458472.9212153)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-12-20 10:06:33.000
Flux: 19.35 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-12-16 12:51:15
Limiting flux: 20.28 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/2018kii