TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 34867 [ 2019TNSTR.771....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-05-13 19:00:33
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 2019fda
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19aaumtxz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:47:49.043 (266.9543479) DEC = +18:41:13.05 (18.6869579)
Discovery date: 2019-05-09 10:34:20.000 (JD=2458612.9405093)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-05-09 10:34:20.000
Flux: 15.43 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-05-05 09:41:16
Limiting flux: 20.7654 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/2019fda