Discovery certificate for object 2019qpn
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 47426 [ 2019TNSTR1884....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-09-22 12:48:49
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 2019qpn
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19abzzgec
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:47:26.841 (71.861839) DEC = -04:00:50.64 (-4.01406685)
Discovery date: 2019-09-21 11:04:54.000 (JD=2458747.9617361)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-09-21 11:04:54.000
Flux: 19.34 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-09-15 11:02:19
Limiting flux: 19.5707 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2019qpn