Discovery certificate for object 2019xau
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 54992 [ 2019TNSTR2647....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-12-19 11:56:25
Sender: ZTF (ZTF_AMPEL_NEW)
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

J. Nordin, V. Brinnel, M. Giomi, J. van Santen (HU Berlin), A. Gal-Yam, O. Yaron, S. Schulze (Weizmann) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2019xau
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19acytcoi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:53:55.789 (163.48245614286) DEC = +79:09:13.46 (79.153737871429)
Discovery date: 2019-12-16 10:21:57.000 (JD=2458833.9319213)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-12-16 10:21:57.000
Flux: 18.39 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-11-25 13:26:56
Limiting flux: 20.0361 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2019xau