Discovery certificate for object 2019smj
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 49327 [ 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: SN 2019smj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19aceqlxc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:49:40.724 (117.4196816) DEC = +05:04:27.16 (5.074211)
Discovery date: 2019-10-13 11:28:42.000 (JD=2458769.9782639)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J074940.69+050411.1

Remarks: Early SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF19aceqlxc

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-10-13 11:28:42.000
Flux: 19.1268 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 11:11:57
Limiting flux: 19.4602 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/2019smj