TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 60192 [ 2020TNSTR.284....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-27 11:45:30
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_AMPEL_COMPLETE
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 2020bbv
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aahgkkj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:44:18.938 (206.07890839) DEC = +40:22:59.13 (40.38309041)
Discovery date: 2020-01-24 13:15:08.000 (JD=2458873.0521759)


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

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-24 13:15:08.000
Flux: 19.72 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-24 10:43:45
Limiting flux: 20.2842 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2020bbv