TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 34052 [ 2019TNSTR.699....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-05-03 11:07:20
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 2019eke
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19aatnefp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:26:59.712 (231.7487991) DEC = -01:06:47.72 (-1.1132566)
Discovery date: 2019-05-03 08:33:21.000 (JD=2458606.8565046)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-05-03 08:33:21.000
Flux: 19.06 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-04-24 09:06:06
Limiting flux: 20.0123 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/2019eke