Discovery certificate for object 2018lpc
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 38604 [ 2019TNSTR1079....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-06-26 00:20:16
Sender: ZTF (ZTF_Bot1)
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

A. Dugas (Caltech) on behalf of the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2018lpc
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aaqcqkv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:06:02.463 (196.5102642) DEC = +48:16:38.47 (48.2773515)
Discovery date: 2018-05-10 00:00:00.000 (JD=2458248.5)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-05-10 00:00:00.000
Flux: 19.66 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-05-07 00:00:00
Limiting flux: 16.51 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/2018lpc