Discovery certificate for object 2019otj
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 45284 [ 2019TNSTR1641....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-08-27 11:52:13
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 2019otj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19abrorbx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:48:08.517 (72.035489342857) DEC = -07:34:39.96 (-7.5777661428571)
Discovery date: 2019-08-18 11:38:53.000 (JD=2458713.9853356)


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

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-08-18 11:38:53.000
Flux: 19.4 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: ZTF non-detection limits not available

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