Discovery certificate for object 2019mfp
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 42853 [ 2019TNSTR1389....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-08-01 20:30:59
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 2019mfp
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18acvcadu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:20:24.126 (5.1005265) DEC = +33:47:07.31 (33.78536515)
Discovery date: 2019-08-01 10:16:31.000 (JD=2458696.9281366)


Remarks: Known SDSS and/or MILLIQUAS QSO/AGN. . See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria..

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-08-01 10:16:31.000
Flux: 20.63 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-07-29 11:14:23
Limiting flux: 20.9365 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/2019mfp