Discovery certificate for object 2019sme
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 49322 [ 2019TNSTR2069....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-10-13 16:11:06
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 2019sme
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19acenhzd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:17:48.893 (19.4537191) DEC = +17:23:26.47 (17.3906854)
Discovery date: 2019-10-13 03:09:32.000 (JD=2458769.6316204)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J011748.90+172327.2
Host redshift: 0.06

Remarks: Early SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF19acenhzd

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-10-13 03:09:32.000
Flux: 18.4817 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-10-12 03:57:32
Limiting flux: 18.925 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/2019sme