TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 28733 [ 2019TNSTR..74....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-01-11 14:20:10
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 2019qq
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19aacxgtc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:42:25.752 (175.6073016) DEC = +08:55:20.32 (8.9223109)
Discovery date: 2019-01-10 11:13:35.000 (JD=2458493.9677662)


Remarks: Known SDSS and/or MILLIQUAS QSO/AGN

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-01-10 11:13:35.000
Flux: 19.89 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-01-08 11:25:26
Limiting flux: 20.07 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/2019qq