Discovery certificate for object 2019iy
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 28297 [ 2019TNSTR..48....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-01-08 08:32:10
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 2019iy
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18acrxdlw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:18:21.190 (94.5882898) DEC = -16:54:08.74 (-16.9024284)
Discovery date: 2019-01-04 05:04:00.000 (JD=2458487.7111227)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-01-04 05:04:00.000
Flux: 19.22 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-12-29 06:55:09
Limiting flux: 20.06 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/2019iy