TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 92683 [ 2020TNSTR3775....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-12-13 11:54:56
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 2020acoa
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acxjojs
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:47:51.499 (131.9645781875) DEC = +12:40:32.12 (12.6755898125)
Discovery date: 2020-12-11 11:06:50.976 (JD=2459194.9630903)


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

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-12-11 11:06:50.976
Flux: 19.1 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-12-01 11:57:59
Limiting flux: 19.6574 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/2020acoa