TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 60289 [ 2020TNSTR.301....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-28 05:45:26
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 2020bea
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aaixsxf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:38:43.411 (114.68088080526) DEC = +62:20:08.90 (62.335806210526)
Discovery date: 2020-01-14 07:21:27.000 (JD=2458862.8065741)


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

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-14 07:21:27.000
Flux: 19.58 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-14 05:07:03
Limiting flux: 20.1189 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/2020bea