Discovery certificate for object 2019rox
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 48348 [ 2019TNSTR1953....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-10-01 12:50:26
Sender: ZTF (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 2019rox
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19acbtgnq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:04:41.664 (16.1735988) DEC = +25:14:03.12 (25.2342002)
Discovery date: 2019-10-01 07:53:40.000 (JD=2458757.8289352)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J010441.87+251404.3
Host redshift: 0.155

Remarks: Early SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF19acbtgnq

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-10-01 07:53:40.000
Flux: 20.2487 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-09-23 07:44:06
Limiting flux: 20.7342 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/2019rox