Discovery certificate for object 2018jvk
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 26302 [ 2018TNSTR1925....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-12-14 20:51:05
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 2018jvk
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18acsowfw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:22:09.094 (170.5378896) DEC = +37:03:10.62 (37.0529512)
Discovery date: 2018-12-09 11:22:42.000 (JD=2458461.9740972)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-12-09 11:22:42.000
Flux: 19.3071 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-11-28 12:15:59
Limiting flux: 19.9 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/2018jvk