TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 67538 [ 2020TNSTR1040....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-04-15 04:08:13
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 2018lsv
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18acsxyel
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:17:30.926 (19.3788569) DEC = -05:35:24.43 (-5.5901199)
Discovery date: 2018-11-09 04:34:18.336 (JD=2458431.69049)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-11-09 04:34:18.336
Flux: 19.5094 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-11-06 06:02:47
Limiting flux: 20.3754 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/2018lsv