Discovery certificate for object 2019zao
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 56829 [ 2019TNSTR2725....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-12-29 16:21:31
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 2019zao
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19adcfrhc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:00:32.977 (180.1374062) DEC = +21:24:34.71 (21.4096403)
Discovery date: 2019-12-29 13:05:12.000 (JD=2458847.0452778)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J120032.99+212434.4
Host redshift: 0.323

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF19adcfrhc

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-12-29 13:05:12.000
Flux: 20.4097 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 13:37:18
Limiting flux: 18.4677 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/2019zao