Discovery certificate for object 2018lly
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 28471 [ 2019TNSTR..60....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-01-09 14:28:09
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 2018lly
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18adbikjj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:22:04.433 (245.5184717) DEC = +23:25:53.27 (23.4314651)
Discovery date: 2018-12-29 13:12:40.000 (JD=2458482.0504745)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-12-29 13:12:40.000
Flux: 18.97 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/2018lly