TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 43239 [ 2019TNSTR1411....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-08-05 16:56:21
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster on behalf of the ALeRCE broker report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2019mrr
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19abnptsy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:36:59.290 (354.2470434) DEC = -07:28:28.90 (-7.4746957)
Discovery date: 2019-08-05 09:33:55.000 (JD=2458700.8985532)

Potential host galaxy: LEDA 1018359

Remarks: Early SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/vue/object/ZTF19abnptsy

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-08-05 09:33:55.000
Flux: 19.3535 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-08-05 08:53:09
Limiting flux: 20.8312 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2019mrr