Discovery certificate for object 2019wkq
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 54335 [ 2019TNSTR2574....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-12-11 18:56:00
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 2019wkq
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19acxrkki
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:55:40.780 (358.9199185) DEC = +05:49:25.28 (5.8236878)
Discovery date: 2019-12-11 03:03:57.000 (JD=2458828.6277431)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J235540.80+054925.1
Host redshift: 0.213

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF19acxrkki

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-12-11 03:03:57.000
Flux: 19.2342 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-12-11 02:12:43
Limiting flux: 18.9941 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/2019wkq