TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 71829 [ 2020TNSTR1546....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-05-24 11:46:40
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 2020kxt
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abaslfs
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:00:56.820 (300.2367485) DEC = -18:24:16.03 (-18.4044519)
Discovery date: 2020-05-18 11:41:05.568 (JD=2458987.986875)


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

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-05-18 11:41:05.568
Flux: 19.21 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/2020kxt