Discovery certificate for object 2018lnk
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 31038 [ 2019TNSTR.414....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-03-20 05:05:17
Sender: ZTF (ZTF_Bot1)
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

C. Fremling (Caltech) on behalf of the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2018lnk
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18abedgvo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:43:27.007 (235.8625273) DEC = +07:54:42.31 (7.9117515)
Discovery date: 2018-07-05 04:10:33.000 (JD=2458304.6739931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-07-05 04:10:33.000
Flux: 18.64 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-06-29 06:30:14
Limiting flux: 19.56 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/2018lnk