Discovery certificate for object 2019mao
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 42668 [ 2019TNSTR1370....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-07-30 21:50:37
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 2019mao
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19abiivkc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:56:58.599 (254.24416195) DEC = +27:10:28.14 (27.174484325)
Discovery date: 2019-07-27 04:35:13.000 (JD=2458691.6911343)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-07-27 04:35:13.000
Flux: 19.62 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-07-20 04:08:57
Limiting flux: 20.5481 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/2019mao