Discovery certificate for object 2019kdi
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 40519 [ 2019TNSTR1126....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-07-02 13:38:32
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 2019kdi
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18absunvb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:17:34.330 (304.3930437) DEC = -18:10:38.40 (-18.1773339)
Discovery date: 2019-06-04 11:03:02.000 (JD=2458638.9604398)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-06-04 11:03:02.000
Flux: 18.41 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-06-04 10:37:18
Limiting flux: 20.3097 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/2019kdi