TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 67459 [ 2020TNSTR1040....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-04-15 03:32:41
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_CLU_PUBLIC
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

K. De (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2018lrf
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aaqbzfc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:33:49.754 (158.457308) DEC = +50:19:50.59 (50.3307194)
Discovery date: 2018-05-04 03:38:04.416 (JD=2458242.65144)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-05-04 03:38:04.416
Flux: 19.9167 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-04-21 04:23:28
Limiting flux: 20.1722 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/2018lrf