Discovery certificate for object 2019bii
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 30364 [ 2019TNSTR.305....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-03-01 10:25:25
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 2019bii
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19aakynve
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:48:54.724 (117.2280157) DEC = +12:59:31.19 (12.9919976)
Discovery date: 2019-02-26 05:53:15.000 (JD=2458540.7453241)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-02-26 05:53:15.000
Flux: 19.18 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-02-12 05:28:36
Limiting flux: 20.1 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/2019bii