TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 28955 [ 2019TNSTR.117....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-01-19 20:35:04
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 2019vm
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19aacwzuy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:50:24.673 (147.6028051) DEC = +24:57:42.64 (24.9618449)
Discovery date: 2019-01-10 10:59:04.000 (JD=2458493.9576852)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-01-10 10:59:04.000
Flux: 20.19 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-01-08 11:02:41
Limiting flux: 20.28 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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