Discovery certificate for object 2019tdf
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 50003 [ 2019TNSTR2154....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-10-23 16:03:53
Sender: ZTF (ALeRCE)
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, G. Pignata, J. Arredondo, G. Cabrera-Vives, R. Carrasco-Davis, P.A. Estevez, P. Huijse, E. Reyes, I. Reyes, P. Sanchez-Saez, C. Valenzuela, E. Castillo, D. Ruz-Mieres, D. Rodriguez-Mancini, F.E. Bauer, M. Catelan, S. Eyheramendy, M.J. Graham on behalf of the ALeRCE broker report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2019tdf
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19achaspq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:46:28.968 (266.6206991) DEC = +30:42:24.92 (30.7069222)
Discovery date: 2019-10-23 02:08:40.000 (JD=2458779.5893519)

Potential host galaxy: UGC 10976
Host redshift: 0.016401

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF19achaspq

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-10-23 02:08:40.000
Flux: 19.8956 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-10-20 02:42:58
Limiting flux: 20.4222 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/2019tdf