Discovery certificate for object 2018kdl
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 26646 [ 2018TNSTR1951....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-12-19 10:19:33
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 2018kdl
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18abtjlsr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:47:45.820 (311.9409156) DEC = -02:46:04.09 (-2.7678024)
Discovery date: 2018-12-05 02:16:30.000 (JD=2458457.5948032)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-12-05 02:16:30.000
Flux: 18.0538 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-11-02 03:37:35
Limiting flux: 20.27 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/2018kdl