Discovery certificate for object 2019wpy
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 54518 [ 2019TNSTR2596....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-12-14 19:33:17
Sender: ZTF (ALeRCE)
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, 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, F.E. Bauer, 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 2019wpy
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19acyksfd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:01:07.406 (15.2808571) DEC = +08:09:11.31 (8.15314225)
Discovery date: 2019-12-14 02:30:05.000 (JD=2458831.6042245)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J010107.43+080911.4
Host redshift: 0.064

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF19acyksfd

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-12-14 02:30:05.000
Flux: 19.3799 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-12-11 03:00:18
Limiting flux: 18.6686 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/2019wpy