Discovery certificate for object 2019mqk
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 43203 [ 2019TNSTR1419....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-08-05 10:59:16
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 2019mqk
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18acptdod
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:06:46.999 (61.69583085) DEC = +06:37:08.54 (6.6190384)
Discovery date: 2019-08-03 11:15:04.000 (JD=2458698.9687963)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-08-03 11:15:04.000
Flux: 19.69 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-07-30 11:41:15
Limiting flux: 20.3016 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/2019mqk