TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 48974 [ 2019TNSTR2028....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-10-08 13:12:44
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 2019sff
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19acduadq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:07:27.220 (151.8634154) DEC = +55:30:27.59 (55.5076652)
Discovery date: 2019-10-08 12:17:45.000 (JD=2458765.0123264)

Potential host galaxy: 2MASX J10072603+5530184
Host redshift: 0.032522

Remarks: Early SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF19acduadq

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-10-08 12:17:45.000
Flux: 20.5588 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-10-08 11:45:17
Limiting flux: 20.3107 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/2019sff