TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 42951 [ 2019TNSTR1395....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-08-02 17:28:42
Date made public:
Sender: Weikang Zheng
Reporting Group: LOSS     Discovery Data Source: LOSS

Yukei Murakami, WeiKang Zheng and Alexei V. Filippenko (UC Berkeley) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2019mil
Discoverer internal name: kait-19X
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:27:51.841 (336.9660034) DEC = +29:05:58.92 (29.0997009)
Discovery date: 2019-08-01 10:53:16.000 (JD=2458696.9536574)

Potential host galaxy: NGC7286

Remarks: Confirmed on Aug. 02 UT by KAIT with similar mag. It matches SDSS J222751.85+290559.0 (g=21.44), likely a Quasar outburst.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-08-01 10:53:16.000
Flux: 19 VegaMag
Filter: Clear-
Instrument: KAITCam
Telescope: Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-07-30 11:57:27
Limiting flux: 19 VegaMag
Filter: Clear-
Instrument: KAITCam
Telescope: Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2019mil