Discovery certificate for object 2019gbj
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 35930 [ 2019TNSTR.874....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-05-29 09:04:14
Sender: ZTF (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 2019gbj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19aaviiyy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:45:27.841 (266.3660056) DEC = +39:59:32.09 (39.9922475)
Discovery date: 2019-05-24 09:12:59.000 (JD=2458627.8840162)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for details regarding selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-05-24 09:12:59.000
Flux: 19.54 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-05-15 05:49:26
Limiting flux: 19.7763 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/2019gbj