TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 41909 [ 2019TNSTR1213....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-07-18 22:29:26
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 2019lll
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aamwkxf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:59:01.354 (224.7556411) DEC = +61:13:53.57 (61.231547)
Discovery date: 2019-07-16 04:42:28.000 (JD=2458680.6961574)


Remarks: Known SDSS and/or MILLIQUAS QSO/AGN. See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-07-16 04:42:28.000
Flux: 19.44 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-07-15 05:17:17
Limiting flux: 20.0709 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/2019lll