Discovery certificate for object 2019mtk
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 43304 [ 2019TNSTR1424....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-08-06 14:41:02
Sender: ATLAS (ATLAS_Bot1)
Reporting Group: ATLAS     Discovery Data Source: ATLAS

J. Tonry, L. Denneau, A. Heinze, H. Weiland, H. Flewelling (IfA, University of Hawaii), B. Stalder (LSST), A. Rest (STScI), C. Stubbs (Harvard University), K. W. Smith, S. J. Smartt, D. R. Young, S. Srivastav, O. McBrien, D. O'Neill, P. Clark, M. Fulton, J. Gillanders, M. Dobson (Queen's University Belfast), T.-W. Chen (MPE), D. E. Wright (University of Minnesota) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2019mtk
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS19rmq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:54:58.502 (13.74376) DEC = +44:05:24.35 (44.090096)
Discovery date: 2019-08-05 14:36:57.000 (JD=2458701.1089931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-08-05 14:36:57.000
Flux: 19.269 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-07-30 12:28:48
Limiting flux: 19.45 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa


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