Discovery certificate for object 2019ofn
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 44559 [ 2019TNSTR1594....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-08-23 07:52:24
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 2019ofn
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aamrmfl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:09:46.801 (242.4450037) DEC = +72:40:35.63 (72.67656525)
Discovery date: 2019-07-30 07:24:10.000 (JD=2458694.8084491)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-07-30 07:24:10.000
Flux: 18.2 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-07-30 07:22:01
Limiting flux: 20.4462 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/2019ofn