Discovery certificate for object 2018mor
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 228832 [ 2024TNSTR3971....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-12 04:35:39
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 2018mor
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18abjkizp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:32:56.554 (263.2356434) DEC = +52:12:56.99 (52.2158292)
Discovery date: 2018-07-13 04:56:53.001 (JD=2458312.706169)


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: 2018-07-13 04:56:53.001
Flux: 18.1213 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-07-12 09:23:36
Limiting flux: 20.2891 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/2018mor