Discovery certificate for object 2019mfy
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 42865 [ 2019TNSTR1389....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-08-01 20:30:59
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 2019mfy
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19ablkuws
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:37:26.089 (294.3587039) DEC = -14:26:20.58 (-14.43905125)
Discovery date: 2019-08-01 08:02:49.000 (JD=2458696.8353009)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-08-01 08:02:49.000
Flux: 19.35 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-08-01 06:08:47
Limiting flux: 20.4263 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/2019mfy