Discovery certificate for object 2019opz
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 45138 [ 2019TNSTR1626....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-08-26 06:52:00
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 2019opz
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aavqadc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:39:48.102 (234.95042446667) DEC = +61:13:56.44 (61.232345066667)
Discovery date: 2019-08-25 06:56:28.000 (JD=2458720.7892245)


Remarks: Known SDSS and/or MILLIQUAS QSO/AGN. . See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria..

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-08-25 06:56:28.000
Flux: 19.08 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-08-24 07:05:17
Limiting flux: 19.6978 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/2019opz