Discovery certificate for object 2019ntz
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 44196 [ 2019TNSTR1532....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-08-18 13:00:54
Sender: ZTF (ZTF_AMPEL_COMPLETE)
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 2019ntz
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18abjnjbo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:18:53.457 (244.722738675) DEC = +77:14:51.64 (77.2476770875)
Discovery date: 2019-08-18 05:23:19.000 (JD=2458713.7245255)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-08-18 05:23:19.000
Flux: 15.58 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-08-16 05:11:25
Limiting flux: 19.6238 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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