TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 44084 [ 2019TNSTR1514....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-08-16 12:50:19
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_AMPEL_COMPLETE
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 2019nqj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19aaingkb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:48:38.779 (42.1615784) DEC = -13:22:28.01 (-13.3744466375)
Discovery date: 2019-08-12 10:34:24.000 (JD=2458707.9405556)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-08-12 10:34:24.000
Flux: 19.09 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-08-10 11:29:35
Limiting flux: 20.437 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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