Discovery certificate for object 2019ptc
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 46375 [ 2019TNSTR1767....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-09-08 16:19:57
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 2019ptc
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19abvimho
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:00:24.235 (225.1009798) DEC = +20:12:44.56 (20.2123791)
Discovery date: 2019-09-08 03:36:43.000 (JD=2458734.6504977)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J150024.16+201240.0
Host redshift: 0.068

Remarks: Early SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF19abvimho

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-09-08 03:36:43.000
Flux: 18.9718 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-08-31 03:53:54
Limiting flux: 20.3151 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/2019ptc