Discovery certificate for object 2019ott
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 45305 [ 2019TNSTR1641....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-08-27 12:52:17
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 2019ott
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19abtsqdu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:53:02.102 (88.2587576) DEC = -02:49:25.10 (-2.8236396)
Discovery date: 2019-08-27 11:21:02.000 (JD=2458722.9729398)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-08-27 11:21:02.000
Flux: 18.4 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-08-21 11:36:59
Limiting flux: 19.5496 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/2019ott