Discovery certificate for object 2019zhy
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 57130 [ 2019TNSTR2738....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-12-30 15:18:11
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 2019zhy
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19adcgvpb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:19:33.889 (4.8912041) DEC = -04:21:23.87 (-4.3566301)
Discovery date: 2019-12-30 02:04:32.000 (JD=2458847.5864815)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J001933.95-042123.8
Host redshift: 0.108253

Remarks: Early SN candidate (r-rise > 0.27+-0.02 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF19adcgvpb

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-12-30 02:04:32.000
Flux: 17.4213 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-12-21 02:11:15
Limiting flux: 19.858 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/2019zhy