Discovery certificate for object 2018kym
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 27443 [ 2018TNSTR1997....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-12-28 13:50:48
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 2018kym
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aaquudq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:07:33.037 (241.887653) DEC = +37:33:17.40 (37.5548322)
Discovery date: 2018-12-16 13:06:33.000 (JD=2458469.0462153)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-12-16 13:06:33.000
Flux: 18.98 ABMag
Filter: g-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/2018kym