TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 30574 [ 2019TNSTR.335....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-03-06 10:21:27
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 2019bod
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19aalfsrm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:48:43.821 (237.1825888) DEC = +25:38:08.49 (25.6356924)
Discovery date: 2019-02-27 13:02:33.000 (JD=2458542.0434375)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-02-27 13:02:33.000
Flux: 19.44 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-02-27 11:35:46
Limiting flux: 20.1008 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/2019bod