Discovery certificate for object 2019nuk
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 44208 [ 2019TNSTR1525....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-08-18 18:13:51
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 2019nuk
Discoverer internal name: DG19dnjlc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:54:57.827 (13.74094634794) DEC = -26:08:04.61 (-26.134613903712)
Discovery date: 2019-08-17 05:22:33.000 (JD=2458712.7239931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-08-17 05:22:33.000
Flux: 19.02 ABMag
Filter: i-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/2019nuk