Discovery certificate for object 2018lqu
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 52036 [ 2019TNSTR2307....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-11-07 07:44:28
Sender: ZTF (ZTF_CLU_PUBLIC)
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

K. De (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2018lqu
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18abttsrb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:54:11.478 (238.5478267) DEC = +13:30:50.87 (13.5141303)
Discovery date: 2018-09-03 03:14:04.000 (JD=2458364.6347685)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-09-03 03:14:04.000
Flux: 20.1405 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-08-31 03:18:56
Limiting flux: 20.0913 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/2018lqu