Discovery certificate for object 2019tju
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 50833 [ 2019TNSTR2185....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-10-26 16:20:46
Sender: ZTF (ALeRCE)
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, J. Arredondo, G. Cabrera-Vives, R. Carrasco-Davis, P.A. Estevez, P. Huijse, E. Reyes, I. Reyes, P. Sanchez-Saez, C. Valenzuela, E. Castillo, D. Ruz-Mieres, D. Rodriguez-Mancini, G. Pignata, M. Catelan, S. Eyheramendy, M.J. Graham on behalf of the ALeRCE broker report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2019tju
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19acigqdd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:26:12.624 (6.5525981) DEC = +29:37:45.92 (29.6294226)
Discovery date: 2019-10-26 03:05:51.000 (JD=2458782.6290625)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J002612.65+293744.1
Host redshift: 0.113

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.18+-0.05 mag/day, r-rise > 0.10+-0.04 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF19acigqdd

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-10-26 03:05:51.000
Flux: 19.9129 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-10-25 03:46:39
Limiting flux: 20.0035 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/2019tju