Discovery certificate for object 2019kpj
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 40998 [ 2019TNSTR1161....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-07-06 12:18:54
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 2019kpj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18abvdzhs
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:38:38.935 (39.6622301) DEC = +16:36:59.28 (16.6164672)
Discovery date: 2019-07-06 10:48:52.000 (JD=2458670.9506134)


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

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-07-06 10:48:52.000
Flux: 20.34 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-07-03 10:45:15
Limiting flux: 19.9982 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/2019kpj