TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 46452 [ 2019TNSTR1775....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-09-09 15:55:26
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 2019pvi
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19abydyhy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:01:39.812 (45.415883) DEC = -02:03:51.83 (-2.0643984)
Discovery date: 2019-09-09 11:37:35.000 (JD=2458735.9844329)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J030139.68-020356.2
Host redshift: 0.071

Remarks: Early SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF19abydyhy

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-09-09 11:37:35.000
Flux: 20.5202 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-09-06 10:04:07
Limiting flux: 20.725 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/2019pvi