Discovery certificate for object 2018jiq
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 25823 [ 2018TNSTR1867....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-12-04 09:49:59
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 2018jiq
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aabahuy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:37:30.150 (144.3756261) DEC = +44:37:01.01 (44.6169468)
Discovery date: 2018-11-21 10:45:44.000 (JD=2458443.9484259)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-11-21 10:45:44.000
Flux: 18.4752 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/2018jiq