Discovery certificate for object 2019nqk
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 44085 [ 2019TNSTR1514....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-08-16 12:50:19
Sender: ZTF (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 2019nqk
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19ablltbq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:18:30.403 (319.62668082667) DEC = +24:57:31.10 (24.958639753333)
Discovery date: 2019-08-08 09:45:24.000 (JD=2458703.9065278)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-08-08 09:45:24.000
Flux: 19.76 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-08-08 09:44:45
Limiting flux: 20.7694 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/2019nqk