TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 34058 [ 2019TNSTR.699....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-05-03 11:35:25
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 2019eki
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19aatluux
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:47:34.600 (266.8941668) DEC = +68:40:44.68 (68.6790768)
Discovery date: 2019-05-03 07:44:07.000 (JD=2458606.8223148)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-05-03 07:44:07.000
Flux: 19.54 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-04-27 11:20:56
Limiting flux: 20.549 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/2019eki