TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 67496 [ 2020TNSTR1040....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-04-15 03:49:25
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 2018lrx
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18abmkacg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:01:58.841 (240.4951702) DEC = +24:24:22.29 (24.4061916)
Discovery date: 2018-08-06 04:57:56.160 (JD=2458336.7069)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-08-06 04:57:56.160
Flux: 20.4401 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-08-03 04:30:09
Limiting flux: 20.5898 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/2018lrx