TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 48489 [ 2019TNSTR1980....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-10-03 14:43:20
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 2019rtb
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19acckjcm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:00:23.873 (105.0994707) DEC = +08:35:07.65 (8.5854597)
Discovery date: 2019-10-03 11:26:11.000 (JD=2458759.9765162)

Potential host galaxy: 2MASX J07002385+0835079

Remarks: Early SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF19acckjcm

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-10-03 11:26:11.000
Flux: 19.6974 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-09-30 12:27:36
Limiting flux: 20.2019 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/2019rtb