TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 31582 [ 2019TNSTR.454....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-03-27 08:10:22
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_AMPEL_COMPLETE
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 2019cku
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19aamuukh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:41:16.186 (220.3174423) DEC = -09:38:21.97 (-9.6394356)
Discovery date: 2019-03-18 09:33:02.000 (JD=2458560.8979514)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-03-18 09:33:02.000
Flux: 19.39 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-02-26 12:05:24
Limiting flux: 19.8034 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/2019cku