Discovery certificate for object 2021hij
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 104310 [ 2021TNSTR.957....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2021-03-30 04:29:07
Sender: ZTF (ZTF_AMPEL_COMPLETE)
Reporting Group: AMPEL     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

J. Nordin, V. Brinnel, 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 2021hij
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18abvgjul
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:59:44.920 (119.93716604286) DEC = +18:39:53.83 (18.6649538)
Discovery date: 2021-03-20 04:08:34.368 (JD=2459293.6726157)


Remarks: SDSS spec-z 0.262. Known SDSS and/or MILLIQUAS QSO/AGN.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2021-03-20 04:08:34.368
Flux: 19.26 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2021-03-20 03:39:15
Limiting flux: 20.2525 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/2021hij