TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 29914 [ 2019TNSTR.236....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-02-12 14:09:18
Date made public:
Sender: 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 2019avf
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19aaikwix
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:38:32.457 (144.6352394) DEC = +22:01:08.76 (22.0190988)
Discovery date: 2019-02-08 09:50:22.000 (JD=2458522.9099769)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-02-08 09:50:22.000
Flux: 19.75 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-01-30 10:25:32
Limiting flux: 19.94 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/2019avf