TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 47081 [ 2019TNSTR1839....1C ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-09-17 15:33:47
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster & G. Cabrera on behalf of the ALeRCE broker report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2019qfq
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19abzfmak
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:51:08.759 (267.7864939) DEC = +24:48:12.26 (24.8034065)
Discovery date: 2019-09-17 03:29:55.000 (JD=2458743.6457755)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J175108.54+244808.7
Host redshift: 0.05

Remarks: Early SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF19abzfmak

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-09-17 03:29:55.000
Flux: 20.03 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-09-14 06:07:06
Limiting flux: 19.3645 ABMag
Filter: r-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/2019qfq