Discovery certificate for object 2019vpa
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 53439 [ 2019TNSTR2440....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-11-25 22:15:43
Sender: ZTF (ALeRCE)
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, 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: AT 2019vpa
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19acvgcrp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:14:47.083 (348.6961805) DEC = -27:54:17.86 (-27.9049608)
Discovery date: 2019-11-25 03:28:31.000 (JD=2458812.6448032)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J231447.11-275417.8
Host redshift: 0.104372

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF19acvgcrp

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-11-25 03:28:31.000
Flux: 19.2066 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-11-17 05:02:20
Limiting flux: 18.8192 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/2019vpa