TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 45667 [ 2019TNSTR1675....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-08-31 17:58:09
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 2019pcb
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19abuvxrw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:12:31.325 (333.1305202) DEC = +11:26:29.96 (11.4416548)
Discovery date: 2019-08-31 07:17:52.000 (JD=2458726.8040741)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J221231.39+112638.4
Host redshift: 0.053

Remarks: Early SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/vue/object/ZTF19abuvxrw

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-08-31 07:17:52.000
Flux: 20.0026 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-08-28 09:57:48
Limiting flux: 20.7352 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/2019pcb