Discovery certificate for object 2019kdf
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 40506 [ 2019TNSTR1126....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-07-02 13:34:34
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: SN 2019kdf
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19abaukyt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:22:25.246 (245.6051896) DEC = +44:47:08.46 (44.7856838)
Discovery date: 2019-06-26 04:46:11.000 (JD=2458660.6987384)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-06-26 04:46:11.000
Flux: 19.54 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-06-23 08:54:49
Limiting flux: 20.2223 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/2019kdf