TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 67549 [ 2020TNSTR1040....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-04-15 04:11:29
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 2018lta
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18acustza
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:44:32.290 (221.1345429) DEC = -03:13:33.74 (-3.2260396)
Discovery date: 2018-12-24 12:56:45.024 (JD=2458477.03941)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-12-24 12:56:45.024
Flux: 19.006 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/2018lta