Discovery certificate for object 2019qkt
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 47269 [ 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 2019qkt
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19abvbrku
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:27:17.863 (291.8244304) DEC = -16:37:01.97 (-16.6172151)
Discovery date: 2019-09-20 03:14:18.000 (JD=2458746.6349306)

Potential host galaxy: 2MASX J19271803-1637007

Remarks: Early SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF19abvbrku

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-09-20 03:14:18.000
Flux: 20.0499 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-09-14 06:03:07
Limiting flux: 19.297 ABMag
Filter: r-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/2019qkt