Discovery certificate for object 2019sxf
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 49752 [ 2019TNSTR2130....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-10-20 11:37:28
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: AT 2019sxf
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19acetgtu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:17:09.051 (79.287712533333) DEC = -17:40:17.02 (-17.671393533333)
Discovery date: 2019-10-14 11:03:06.000 (JD=2458770.9604861)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-10-14 11:03:06.000
Flux: 19.37 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-10-11 11:29:13
Limiting flux: 19.7238 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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