Discovery certificate for object 2019ofl
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 44557 [ 2019TNSTR1594....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-08-23 07:52:06
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 2019ofl
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19abqmtkz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:53:24.225 (238.35093615) DEC = +12:40:34.10 (12.6761378)
Discovery date: 2019-08-20 03:41:21.000 (JD=2458715.6537153)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-08-20 03:41:21.000
Flux: 20 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-08-17 03:34:31
Limiting flux: 19.9935 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/2019ofl