Discovery certificate for object 2019njp
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 43864 [ 2019TNSTR1473....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-08-12 14:28:43
Sender: ZTF (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: SN 2019njp
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19abplfxs
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:26:45.760 (51.6906664) DEC = +01:11:00.07 (1.1833524)
Discovery date: 2019-08-12 11:56:41.000 (JD=2458707.9976968)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J032645.97+011100.8
Host redshift: 0.049

Remarks: Early SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/vue/object/ZTF19abplfxs

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-08-12 11:56:41.000
Flux: 19.8869 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-08-12 10:43:31
Limiting flux: 20.6393 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/2019njp