TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 27953 [ 2019TNSTR..27....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-01-04 12:32:39
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 2018lja
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18adbihdx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:18:39.960 (139.6665001) DEC = -06:28:28.84 (-6.4746783)
Discovery date: 2018-12-29 12:37:01.000 (JD=2458482.025706)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-12-29 12:37:01.000
Flux: 19.53 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-12-12 11:08:00
Limiting flux: 20.39 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/2018lja