Discovery certificate for object 2018jap
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 25546 [ 2018TNSTR1827....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-11-26 13:37:12
Sender: ZTF (ZTF_AMPEL_NEW)
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

J. Nordin, V. Brinnel, M. Giomi, J. van Santen (HU Berlin), A. Gal-Yam, O. Yaron, S. Schulze (Weizmann) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2018jap
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18acrfjuf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:20:12.561 (20.0523356) DEC = -24:32:36.55 (-24.5434873)
Discovery date: 2018-11-12 07:03:12.000 (JD=2458434.7938889)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-11-12 07:03:12.000
Flux: 19.0993 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: ZTF non-detection limits not available

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2018jap