Discovery certificate for object 2019xhg
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 55267 [ 2019TNSTR2663....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-12-21 16:20:12
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 2019xhg
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19adbewtd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:42:27.105 (145.6129363) DEC = +20:33:16.41 (20.5545591)
Discovery date: 2019-12-21 11:21:34.000 (JD=2458838.9733102)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J094227.30+203318.5
Host redshift: 0.309

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.17+-0.02 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF19adbewtd

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-12-21 11:21:34.000
Flux: 18.6757 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-12-21 10:18:26
Limiting flux: 18.1816 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/2019xhg