Discovery certificate for object 2018ftx
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 22217 [ 2018TNSTR1305....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-09-05 06:18:22
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: AT 2018ftx
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18abtgbac
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:44:34.552 (26.1439687) DEC = -00:28:05.52 (-0.4682005)
Discovery date: 2018-09-04 09:15:50.000 (JD=2458365.8859954)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-09-04 09:15:50.000
Flux: 18.4 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-09-01 11:25:26
Limiting flux: 19.96 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/2018ftx