iPTF Discovery of the Rapid "Turn On" of a Luminous Quasar

S. Gezari, T. Hung, S. B. Cenko +13

We present a radio-quiet quasar at z=0.237 discovered "turning on" by the intermediate Palomar Transient Factory (iPTF). The transient, iPTF 16bco, was detected by iPTF in the nucl…