Discovery certificate for object 2019otz
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 45311 [ 2019TNSTR1634....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-08-27 14:39:27
Sender: ZTF (ALeRCE)
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster on behalf of the ALeRCE broker report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2019otz
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19abtrgyl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:24:09.123 (6.0380114) DEC = +07:06:07.24 (7.1020115)
Discovery date: 2019-08-27 09:59:25.000 (JD=2458722.9162616)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J002409.18+070606.0
Host redshift: 0.114

Remarks: Early SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/vue/object/ZTF19abtrgyl

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-08-27 09:59:25.000
Flux: 19.8391 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-08-24 11:37:31
Limiting flux: 20.1631 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

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