Discovery certificate for object 2019cky
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 31590 [ 2019TNSTR.454....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-03-27 08:11:25
Sender: ZTF (ZTF_AMPEL_COMPLETE)
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 2019cky
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18abmmrqe
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:21:54.735 (305.4780611) DEC = +76:12:16.15 (76.2044865)
Discovery date: 2019-03-16 10:43:12.000 (JD=2458558.9466667)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-03-16 10:43:12.000
Flux: 17.36 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-02-26 12:45:51
Limiting flux: 19.9713 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/2019cky