TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 60283 [ 2020TNSTR.301....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-28 04:45:23
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 2020bdw
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18abqedav
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:15:44.889 (93.9370372) DEC = +47:57:49.23 (47.963674416667)
Discovery date: 2020-01-27 05:10:27.000 (JD=2458875.7156019)


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

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-27 05:10:27.000
Flux: 19.86 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-26 05:13:10
Limiting flux: 20.1479 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/2020bdw