Discovery certificate for object 2019blf
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 30459 [ 2019TNSTR.322....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-03-04 08:52:44
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: SN 2019blf
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19aalaxsa
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:31:05.664 (172.7736019) DEC = +57:26:16.56 (57.437932)
Discovery date: 2019-02-27 06:15:38.000 (JD=2458541.7608565)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-02-27 06:15:38.000
Flux: 19.29 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-02-24 07:24:36
Limiting flux: 19.9945 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/2019blf