Discovery certificate for object 2019ntn
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 44183 [ 2019TNSTR1525....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-08-18 08:03:21
Sender: ZTF (ZTF_Bot1)
Reporting Group: DECam-GROWTH     Discovery Data Source: DECam-GROWTH

I. Andreoni and D. Goldstein (Caltech) on behalf of the DECam-GROWTH team report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2019ntn
Discoverer internal name: DG19rtekc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:34:53.352 (23.722298176203) DEC = -31:22:49.74 (-31.380482251685)
Discovery date: 2019-08-16 08:25:26.000 (JD=2458711.8509954)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-08-16 08:25:26.000
Flux: 21.06 ABMag
Filter: z-Sloan
Instrument: DECAM
Telescope: CTIO - 4-m Victor M. Blanco Telescope

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: Non existent in SDSS/PS1

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2019ntn