Discovery certificate for object 2019sfm
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 48981 [ 2019TNSTR2028....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-10-08 13:12:44
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 2019sfm
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19acdtipi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:49:18.703 (87.3279278) DEC = -21:05:47.18 (-21.0964393)
Discovery date: 2019-10-08 11:34:52.000 (JD=2458764.9825463)

Potential host galaxy: GALEXASC J054918.64-210548.3

Remarks: Early SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF19acdtipi

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-10-08 11:34:52.000
Flux: 20.311 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-10-05 12:01:33
Limiting flux: 20.0065 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/2019sfm