TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 67500 [ 2020TNSTR1040....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-04-15 03:52:12
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 2018lsb
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aawwazv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:04:53.015 (121.220897) DEC = +42:36:08.66 (42.6024067)
Discovery date: 2018-08-31 12:20:59.712 (JD=2458362.01458)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-08-31 12:20:59.712
Flux: 19.6878 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-05-31 12:00:00
Limiting flux: 20.5 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/2018lsb