Discovery certificate for object 2019qks
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 47268 [ 2019TNSTR1865....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-09-20 14:56:49
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 2019qks
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19abzrosu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:05:36.575 (301.4023941) DEC = -16:46:47.00 (-16.7797229)
Discovery date: 2019-09-20 03:13:39.000 (JD=2458746.6344792)

Potential host galaxy: 2MASS J20053609-1646409

Remarks: Early SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF19abzrosu

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-09-20 03:13:39.000
Flux: 20.0306 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-09-07 07:11:58
Limiting flux: 19.542 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/2019qks