Discovery certificate for object 2019xdp
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 55104 [ 2019TNSTR2656....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-12-20 03:56:06
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 2019xdp
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19adalolo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:26:56.806 (36.736693366667) DEC = -12:25:36.68 (-12.426856533333)
Discovery date: 2019-12-20 03:03:14.000 (JD=2458837.6272454)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-12-20 03:03:14.000
Flux: 19.02 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-12-16 05:29:50
Limiting flux: 19.5069 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/2019xdp