Discovery certificate for object 2019zgc
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 57042 [ 2019TNSTR2746....1C ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-12-30 01:00:53
Sender: Pan-STARRS2 (PS2_Bot1)
Reporting Group: Pan-STARRS     Discovery Data Source: Pan-STARRS

K. C. Chambers, T. de Boer, J. Bulger, J. Fairlamb, M. Huber, C.-C. Lin, T. Lowe, E. Magnier, A. Schultz, R. J. Wainscoat, M. Willman (IfA, University of Hawaii), K. W. Smith, D. R. Young, O. McBrien, J. Gillanders. S. Srivastav, S. J. Smartt, D. O'Neil, P. Clark, S. Sim (Queen's University Belfast), D. E. Wright (University of Minnesota) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2019zgc
Discoverer internal name: PS19jaj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:33:12.721 (158.303004647) DEC = +07:31:01.01 (7.51694674585)
Discovery date: 2019-12-27 14:11:02.000 (JD=2458845.0909954)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-12-27 14:11:02.000
Flux: 21.09 ABMag
Filter: w-P1
Instrument: GPC2
Telescope: Pan-STARRS2

Last non-detection:
Archival info: DSS

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