TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 46960 [ 2019TNSTR1829....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-09-15 18:35:00
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 2019qdm
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19abyxjdk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:43:33.558 (280.8898249) DEC = +71:55:38.69 (71.9274136)
Discovery date: 2019-09-15 03:45:32.000 (JD=2458741.6566204)

Potential host galaxy: 2MASX J18433459+7155369

Remarks: Early SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF19abyxjdk

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-09-15 03:45:32.000
Flux: 17.4718 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-09-14 04:31:31
Limiting flux: 19.3918 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/2019qdm