Discovery certificate for object 2019wps
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 54512 [ 2019TNSTR2596....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-12-14 19:33:17
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: SN 2019wps
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19acykjcw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:33:17.319 (353.3221613) DEC = +30:50:22.38 (30.83955125)
Discovery date: 2019-12-14 02:08:00.000 (JD=2458831.5888889)

Potential host galaxy: 2MASX J23331704+3050264
Host redshift: 0.0318

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.10+-0.01 mag/day, r-rise > 0.22+-0.03 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF19acykjcw

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-12-14 02:08:00.000
Flux: 18.3088 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 04:56:54
Limiting flux: 18.957 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/2019wps