TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 44108 [ 2019TNSTR1516....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-08-17 12:37:16
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_Bot1
Reporting Group: DECam-GROWTH     Discovery Data Source: DECam-GROWTH

I. Andreoni and D. Goldstein (Caltech) on behalf of the DECam-GROWTH team report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2019nqz
Discoverer internal name: DG19ayfjc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:46:46.416 (11.693398097382) DEC = -24:20:12.06 (-24.336682330023)
Discovery date: 2019-08-16 07:22:04.000 (JD=2458711.8069907)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-08-16 07:22:04.000
Flux: 21.13 ABMag
Filter: z-Sloan
Instrument: DECAM
Telescope: CTIO - 4-m Victor M. Blanco Telescope

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: Non existent in SDSS/PS1

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