Discovery certificate for object 2019kkn
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 40790 [ 2019TNSTR1147....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-07-04 12:22:12
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 2019kkn
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19abbxoyb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:24:38.075 (306.1586454) DEC = -22:47:42.12 (-22.7950342)
Discovery date: 2019-07-03 10:29:35.000 (JD=2458667.9372222)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-07-03 10:29:35.000
Flux: 18.89 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-06-23 09:32:40
Limiting flux: 19.6445 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/2019kkn