TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 27897 [ 2019TNSTR..19....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-01-03 14:17:02
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 2019bv
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19aaafhbf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:12:11.923 (198.0496799) DEC = +57:01:26.19 (57.023941)
Discovery date: 2019-01-03 12:18:57.000 (JD=2458487.0131713)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-01-03 12:18:57.000
Flux: 19.14 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-12-20 12:48:05
Limiting flux: 20.67 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/2019bv