Discovery certificate for object 2018ldd
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 27605 [ 2018TNSTR2013....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-12-31 12:20:23
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 2018ldd
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18abbvajj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:36:42.504 (324.1771014) DEC = +23:09:34.49 (23.1595811)
Discovery date: 2018-12-20 02:18:23.000 (JD=2458472.5960995)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-12-20 02:18:23.000
Flux: 17.35 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: ZTF non-detection limits not available

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2018ldd