Discovery certificate for object 2019xcq
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 55050 [ 2019TNSTR2642....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-12-19 16:00:58
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: AT 2019xcq
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19aczmhhe
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:49:30.675 (42.3778133) DEC = +22:53:33.31 (22.8925849)
Discovery date: 2019-12-19 03:10:34.000 (JD=2458836.632338)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J024930.71+225332.6

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF19aczmhhe

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-12-19 03:10:34.000
Flux: 20.319 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-12-19 02:22:51
Limiting flux: 19.7923 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/2019xcq