TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 60179 [ 2020TNSTR.284....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-27 11:45:24
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 2020bbs
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19aanxacg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:15:30.358 (228.87649078571) DEC = +79:04:26.49 (79.074025671429)
Discovery date: 2020-01-02 11:45:54.000 (JD=2458850.9902083)


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

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-02 11:45:54.000
Flux: 18.91 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: ZTF non-detection limits not available

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2020bbs