Discovery certificate for object 2019pgy
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 45902 [ 2019TNSTR1701....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-09-02 09:58:33
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 2019pgy
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18abumgyz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:14:41.178 (348.67157315714) DEC = +35:21:00.67 (35.350186404762)
Discovery date: 2019-08-29 10:23:12.000 (JD=2458724.9327778)


Remarks: Known SDSS and/or MILLIQUAS QSO/AGN. . See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria..

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-08-29 10:23:12.000
Flux: 19.67 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-08-26 07:38:22
Limiting flux: 19.578 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/2019pgy