Discovery certificate for object 2018lob
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 31280 [ 2019TNSTR.444....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-03-26 11:20:26
Sender: ZTF (ZTF_AMPEL_COMPLETE)
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 2018lob
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18accnpwb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:46:21.273 (146.5886367) DEC = +47:11:31.32 (47.192034)
Discovery date: 2018-12-19 12:48:16.000 (JD=2458472.0335185)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-12-19 12:48:16.000
Flux: 19.93 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-12-03 12:43:55
Limiting flux: 19.9557 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/2018lob