Discovery certificate for object 2019dfn
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 32778 [ 2019TNSTR.548....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-04-11 08:29:55
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 2019dfn
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aceomwm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:27:41.434 (171.9226428) DEC = +66:53:29.40 (66.8914998)
Discovery date: 2019-04-07 06:30:15.000 (JD=2458580.7710069)


Remarks: Known SDSS and/or MILLIQUAS QSO/AGN.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-04-07 06:30:15.000
Flux: 20.02 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-04-02 06:43:50
Limiting flux: 20.73 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2019dfn