TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 27099 [ 2018TNSTR1975....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-12-24 07:54:07
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 2018kow
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18acuwury
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:47:09.968 (86.7915316) DEC = -11:17:55.50 (-11.2987508)
Discovery date: 2018-12-10 07:33:04.000 (JD=2458462.8146412)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-12-10 07:33:04.000
Flux: 16.06 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-12-04 06:55:17
Limiting flux: 20.11 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/2018kow