Discovery certificate for object 2018moq
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 228805 [ 2024TNSTR3958....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-11 11:44:19
Sender: ZTF (Fritz)
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Nabeel Rehemtulla (CIERA, NU), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Daniel Perley (LJMU), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2018moq
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18acllbhl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:25:03.649 (126.2652038) DEC = +33:54:50.44 (33.9140104)
Discovery date: 2018-11-13 12:22:24.997 (JD=2458436.0155671)


Remarks: Bright (m_peak <= 18.5) transient candidate identified autonomously by BTSbot (Rehemtulla et al. 2024; arXiv:2401.15167).

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-11-13 12:22:24.997
Flux: 18.74 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-11-10 10:44:58
Limiting flux: 20.7514 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/2018moq