TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 30248 [ 2019TNSTR.292....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-02-27 13:09:26
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 2019bff
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19aakozyp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:14:31.792 (213.6324665) DEC = +17:13:58.66 (17.2329616)
Discovery date: 2019-02-24 11:31:51.000 (JD=2458538.980463)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-02-24 11:31:51.000
Flux: 19.03 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-02-12 12:07:03
Limiting flux: 19.74 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/2019bff