This object is in the constellation Pegasus. This quasar, also known as Q2230+0114, is not particularly far... But in 2016 it apparently had an outburst, changed in brightness in 2016. I learned about this is an article at Sky & Telescope magazine.
Thought I'd have a look. I aimed at the star GSC 01154-0584.
Luminance only, 20 seconds subexposures, 10 stacked shots. FITS Liberator, Paint.NET. North is up; east is left.
SkyTools 3 Pro says the quasi-stellar object has a redshift (z) value of 1.04 with a light time of 6.8 Gyr. The magnitude is 17.3. It is just west of the star J223239.8+114348. It is slightly brighter than this star which ST3P says is mag 17.9. Up and right of the tiny Delphinus-like pattern.
There are some fuzzies in this image.
West of the quasar, the brightest galaxy in the frame, is NGC 7305. The software shows a very small object here but it seems quite large to me, a large oval oriented north-south. It shows a bright core. Looks like an elliptical.
To the north-east is a very small wisp, extended slightly north-south. This is galaxy LEDA 1398097.
There are some intriguing star groupings in the field...
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Wikipedia link: CTA-102.
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