TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 80597 [ 2020TNSTR2595....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-08-24 10:27:40
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 2020rxj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19aaahttn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:14:13.840 (33.55766870137) DEC = +40:03:10.08 (40.052801194521)
Discovery date: 2020-08-23 11:54:05.760 (JD=2459084.9959028)


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

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-08-23 11:54:05.760
Flux: 19.5 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-08-23 11:15:06
Limiting flux: 20.7888 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/2020rxj