TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 109943 [ 2021TNSTR1681....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2021-05-18 05:08:28
Date made public:
Sender: 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 2021mpl
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aautcbe
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:39:29.013 (204.870888775) DEC = +52:27:23.26 (52.4564612125)
Discovery date: 2021-05-01 06:22:41.664 (JD=2459335.7657639)


Remarks: SDSS spec-z 0.269. Known SDSS and/or MILLIQUAS QSO/AGN.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2021-05-01 06:22:41.664
Flux: 19.11 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2021-04-25 06:17:26
Limiting flux: 19.6984 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/2021mpl