Discovery certificate for object 2019npm
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 44060 [ 2019TNSTR1514....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-08-16 04:48:51
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 2019npm
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19abpluqq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:43:00.863 (250.7535946) DEC = +31:39:31.42 (31.65872695)
Discovery date: 2019-08-13 04:16:24.000 (JD=2458708.6780556)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-08-13 04:16:24.000
Flux: 19.35 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-08-10 06:16:05
Limiting flux: 20.1482 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/2019npm