TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 91392 [ 2020TNSTR3636....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-12-02 13:26:48
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 2020abjs
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aarciez
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:46:08.880 (161.53699922) DEC = +17:24:10.23 (17.40284234)
Discovery date: 2020-11-23 13:12:27.648 (JD=2459177.0503241)


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

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-11-23 13:12:27.648
Flux: 19.78 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-11-23 12:00:35
Limiting flux: 20.5497 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/2020abjs