TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 48095 [ 2019TNSTR1934....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-09-28 13:42:06
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 2019rhx
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19acazaug
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:21:29.237 (305.37181945) DEC = +59:44:26.35 (59.7406517)
Discovery date: 2019-09-28 03:44:49.000 (JD=2458754.6561227)

Potential host galaxy: CGCG 304-003
Host redshift: 0.025414

Remarks: Early SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF19acazaug

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-09-28 03:44:49.000
Flux: 18.4335 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-09-24 04:29:43
Limiting flux: 20.0626 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/2019rhx