Discovery certificate for object 2019gtm

TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 36649 [ 2019TNSTR.922....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-06-03 08:33:54
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 2019gtm
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19aavwtcb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:40:57.216 (175.2383998) DEC = -02:17:09.95 (-2.286096)
Discovery date: 2019-05-31 04:30:23.000 (JD=2458634.6877662)


Remarks: Known SDSS and/or MILLIQUAS QSO/AGN. See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-05-31 04:30:23.000
Flux: 19.84 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-05-09 05:01:25
Limiting flux: 20.2905 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/2019gtm