TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 42862 [ 2019TNSTR1389....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-08-01 20:30:59
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: SN 2019mfv
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19abkdrir
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:16:21.796 (19.090816566667) DEC = -17:45:15.98 (-17.754439666667)
Discovery date: 2019-07-31 10:33:48.000 (JD=2458695.9401389)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-07-31 10:33:48.000
Flux: 19.53 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-07-29 11:27:28
Limiting flux: 20.4232 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/2019mfv