TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 30382 [ 2019TNSTR.305....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-03-01 10:35:09
Date made public:
Sender: 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: AT 2019bix
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aaxzgzl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:26:11.230 (186.5467919) DEC = +07:40:00.97 (7.666935)
Discovery date: 2019-03-01 07:30:31.000 (JD=2458543.8128588)


Remarks: Known SDSS and/or MILLIQUAS QSO/AGN.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-03-01 07:30:31.000
Flux: 18.76 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-06-11 04:09:50
Limiting flux: 19.96 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/2019bix