Discovery certificate for object 2019koq
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 40965 [ 2019TNSTR1156....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-07-05 13:52:59
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 2019koq
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19abcelbv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:15:22.518 (3.8438243) DEC = +06:55:37.96 (6.9272103)
Discovery date: 2019-06-28 10:39:07.000 (JD=2458662.9438426)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-06-28 10:39:07.000
Flux: 19.89 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-06-12 10:45:27
Limiting flux: 19.9361 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/2019koq