TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 46567 [ 2019TNSTR1800....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-09-11 11:24:55
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: SN 2019pyt
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19abyfbik
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:50:35.700 (267.6487493) DEC = +20:05:21.02 (20.0891732)
Discovery date: 2019-09-11 04:30:24.000 (JD=2458737.6877778)

Potential host galaxy: GALEXASC J175035.63+200517.3

Remarks: Early SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF19abyfbik

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-09-11 04:30:24.000
Flux: 19.1734 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-09-08 04:33:05
Limiting flux: 19.4934 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/2019pyt