ZTF20aajnksq (AT2020blt): A Fast Optical Transient at $z\approx 2.9$ With No Detected Gamma-Ray Burst Counterpart

Anna Y. Q. Ho, Daniel A. Perley, Paz Beniamini +27

We present ZTF20aajnksq (AT2020blt), a fast-fading ($\Delta r=2.4$ mag in $\Delta t=1.3$ days) red ($g-r\approx 0.6$ mag) and luminous ($M_{1626}=-25.9$) optical transient at $z=2.9$ discovered…