Discovery certificate for object 2019pkc
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 46040 [ 2019TNSTR1732....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-09-04 09:23:27
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: SN 2019pkc
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19abvjdfc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:03:11.327 (345.7971973) DEC = +06:43:59.18 (6.73310465)
Discovery date: 2019-09-04 07:59:36.000 (JD=2458730.8330556)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-09-04 07:59:36.000
Flux: 19.47 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-08-30 08:53:33
Limiting flux: 20.834 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/2019pkc