TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 30725 [ 2019TNSTR.370....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-03-13 17:13:55
Date made public:
Sender: Krzysztof Stanek
Reporting Group: ASAS-SN     Discovery Data Source: ASAS-SN

K. Z. Stanek, for the ASAS-SN team report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2019bse
Discoverer internal name: ASASSN-19fx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:26:02.573 (141.51072) DEC = +18:56:24.36 (18.9401)
Discovery date: 2019-03-13 08:09:36.000 (JD=2458555.84)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J092602.52+185624.8

Remarks: Present in several epochs, on the rise, matches to a faint, blue, unknown redshift SDSS host galaxy, so might be a SLSN

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-03-13 08:09:36.000
Flux: 17.1 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Leavitt
Telescope: ASASSN-Leavitt

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-03-07 08:52:48
Limiting flux: 18.1 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Leavitt
Telescope: ASASSN-Leavitt


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2019bse