Discovery certificate for object 2019okd
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 44896 [ 2019TNSTR1594....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-08-23 11:51:41
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 2019okd
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19abqrpdf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:43:06.960 (40.77900025) DEC = -17:30:08.92 (-17.5024772)
Discovery date: 2019-08-23 10:51:16.000 (JD=2458718.9522685)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-08-23 10:51:16.000
Flux: 19.13 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-08-10 11:30:14
Limiting flux: 20.4201 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/2019okd