TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 45067 [ 2019TNSTR1609....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-08-25 12:53:37
Date made public:
Sender: 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 2019ool
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19abrpfnn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:10:52.228 (242.717618) DEC = -12:32:51.60 (-12.5476671)
Discovery date: 2019-08-25 04:04:56.000 (JD=2458720.6700926)

Potential host galaxy: 2MASX J16105242-1232494
Host redshift: 0.071233

Remarks: Early SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/vue/object/ZTF19abrpfnn

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-08-25 04:04:56.000
Flux: 19.9256 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-08-25 03:27:16
Limiting flux: 19.7707 ABMag
Filter: r-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/2019ool