TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 54903 [ 2019TNSTR2639....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-12-18 12:55:40
Date made public:
Sender: 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: SN 2019wyw
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19aczjsqn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:24:07.021 (141.029252475) DEC = +02:22:07.07 (2.3686315)
Discovery date: 2019-12-13 13:12:20.000 (JD=2458831.0502431)


Remarks: Known SDSS and/or MILLIQUAS QSO/AGN. . See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria..

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-12-13 13:12:20.000
Flux: 19.85 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-12-11 10:23:59
Limiting flux: 19.5837 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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