Discovery certificate for object 2019qky
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 47274 [ 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: SN 2019qky
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19abzsitm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:19:53.079 (4.97116175) DEC = -23:23:51.65 (-23.3976814)
Discovery date: 2019-09-20 09:02:40.000 (JD=2458746.8768519)

Potential host galaxy: 2MASX J00195288-2323393
Host redshift: 0.063454

Remarks: Early SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF19abzsitm

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-09-20 09:02:40.000
Flux: 18.759 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-09-17 09:03:22
Limiting flux: 18.693 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/2019qky