Discovery certificate for object 2018lij
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 27907 [ 2019TNSTR..27....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-01-04 07:35:59
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 2018lij
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18adbcjkb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:42:17.774 (40.5740602) DEC = -13:07:48.61 (-13.1301684)
Discovery date: 2018-12-29 07:06:08.000 (JD=2458481.7959259)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-12-29 07:06:08.000
Flux: 19.21 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/2018lij