Discovery certificate for object 2019kdc
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 40496 [ 2019TNSTR1126....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-07-02 13:30:01
Sender: ZTF (ZTF_AMPEL_COMPLETE)
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 2019kdc
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19abaupsd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:29:10.791 (217.2949614) DEC = +32:40:34.85 (32.6763482)
Discovery date: 2019-06-26 04:37:20.000 (JD=2458660.6926042)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-06-26 04:37:20.000
Flux: 20.27 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-06-23 06:11:39
Limiting flux: 20.4809 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/2019kdc