Discovery certificate for object 2018lau
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 27522 [ 2018TNSTR2003....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-12-29 12:32:05
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 2018lau
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18adbhquc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:12:32.673 (168.1361363) DEC = -12:38:14.08 (-12.6372438)
Discovery date: 2018-12-24 11:59:09.000 (JD=2458476.9994097)


Remarks: Known SDSS and/or MILLIQUAS QSO/AGN

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-12-24 11:59:09.000
Flux: 19.71 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-12-16 12:31:49
Limiting flux: 20.22 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/2018lau