TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 27506 [ 2018TNSTR2003....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-12-29 11:58:00
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 2018lah
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18acwwliv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:25:16.128 (126.3172002) DEC = +04:58:27.66 (4.9743487)
Discovery date: 2018-12-16 11:27:48.000 (JD=2458468.9776389)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-12-16 11:27:48.000
Flux: 20.26 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-12-13 12:41:36
Limiting flux: 20.36 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/2018lah