Discovery certificate for object 2019nso
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 44151 [ 2019TNSTR1515....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-08-17 15:42:18
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: AT 2019nso
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19abpxuaa
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:11:38.503 (242.9104303) DEC = +04:51:11.42 (4.8531717)
Discovery date: 2019-08-17 04:07:51.000 (JD=2458712.6721181)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J161138.23+045110.9
Host redshift: 0.039

Remarks: Early SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/vue/object/ZTF19abpxuaa

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-08-17 04:07:51.000
Flux: 19.6925 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-08-13 03:37:03
Limiting flux: 19.2682 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/2019nso