Discovery certificate for object 2018kko
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 26928 [ 2018TNSTR2070....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-12-22 21:26:37
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 2018kko
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18acynjhj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:34:59.335 (353.7472303) DEC = +15:53:28.90 (15.8913622)
Discovery date: 2018-12-13 02:10:19.000 (JD=2458465.5904977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-12-13 02:10:19.000
Flux: 20.46 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-12-04 04:20:21
Limiting flux: 20.31 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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