Discovery certificate for object 2018cnx
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 19434 [ 2018TNSTR.832....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-06-16 04:03:01
Sender: ZTF (ZTF_Bot1)
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

C. Fremling (Caltech) on behalf of the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2018cnx
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aaxxewy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:24:45.409 (216.1892033) DEC = +05:50:23.45 (5.8398479)
Discovery date: 2018-06-04 07:35:02.000 (JD=2458273.8159954)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-06-04 07:35:02.000
Flux: 19.44 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-06-01 07:10:33
Limiting flux: 19.77 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/2018cnx