Discovery certificate for object 2019aqq
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 29767 [ 2019TNSTR.224....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-02-09 10:01:15
Sender: ZTF (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 2019aqq
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aadqmyy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:54:53.517 (103.7229882) DEC = +50:23:49.80 (50.3971673)
Discovery date: 2019-02-08 04:07:41.000 (JD=2458522.6720139)


Remarks: Significant noise in Gaia DR2 - variable star cannot be excluded.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-02-08 04:07:41.000
Flux: 18.54 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-01-26 06:15:15
Limiting flux: 20.07 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/2019aqq