TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 45668 [ 2019TNSTR1675....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-08-31 17:58:09
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster on behalf of the ALeRCE broker report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2019pcc
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19abuwbaj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:44:03.007 (341.0125301) DEC = -16:53:09.02 (-16.8858387)
Discovery date: 2019-08-31 07:32:04.000 (JD=2458726.8139352)

Potential host galaxy: LEDA 892137

Remarks: Early SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/vue/object/ZTF19abuwbaj

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-08-31 07:32:04.000
Flux: 20.236 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-08-28 08:54:00
Limiting flux: 19.7969 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2019pcc