TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 58013 [ 2020TNSTR..62....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-06 14:11:19
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 2020ko
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aacztcp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:45:00.284 (116.25118537143) DEC = +29:27:02.72 (29.450756671429)
Discovery date: 2020-01-04 10:20:32.000 (JD=2458852.9309259)


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

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-04 10:20:32.000
Flux: 19.63 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-03 10:27:54
Limiting flux: 19.9761 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/2020ko