TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 30388 [ 2019TNSTR.305....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-03-01 10:35:09
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 2019bjd
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19aalofzf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:14:41.138 (183.6714096) DEC = -06:38:13.62 (-6.6371158)
Discovery date: 2019-02-25 07:33:23.000 (JD=2458539.8148611)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-02-25 07:33:23.000
Flux: 19.42 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-02-10 11:09:10
Limiting flux: 20.19 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/2019bjd