TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 92200 [ 2020TNSTR3739....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-12-10 11:36:52
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 2020acbo
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aayylao
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:15:07.517 (183.7813215375) DEC = +17:40:12.78 (17.6702163875)
Discovery date: 2020-12-10 11:09:04.896 (JD=2459193.9646412)


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

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-12-10 11:09:04.896
Flux: 19.39 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-12-05 12:57:45
Limiting flux: 19.8379 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/2020acbo