Discovery certificate for object 2018kxi
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 27405 [ 2018TNSTR1997....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-12-28 11:56:07
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 2018kxi
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18acvvved
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:00:39.674 (120.1653074) DEC = +05:27:45.87 (5.4627418)
Discovery date: 2018-12-16 11:27:09.000 (JD=2458468.9771875)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-12-16 11:27:09.000
Flux: 19.05 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-12-16 10:28:16
Limiting flux: 20.67 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/2018kxi