Discovery certificate for object 2019nhx
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 43798 [ 2019TNSTR1480....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-08-12 08:02:19
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 2019nhx
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18abhxhtu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:20:25.762 (275.1073434) DEC = +20:26:34.98 (20.443051333333)
Discovery date: 2019-08-08 04:29:22.000 (JD=2458703.6870718)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-08-08 04:29:22.000
Flux: 18.95 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-08-02 04:24:50
Limiting flux: 20.784 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/2019nhx