TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 32954 [ 2019TNSTR.553....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-04-12 14:16:06
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 2019dkd
Discoverer internal name: ASASSN-19jx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:02:42.233 (315.67597) DEC = -60:06:19.55 (-60.10543)
Discovery date: 2019-04-12 02:38:24.000 (JD=2458585.61)

Potential host galaxy: 2MASX J21024231-6006375
Host redshift: 0.0474

Remarks: Present in several epochs

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-04-12 02:38:24.000
Flux: 17.3 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Payne-Gaposchkin
Telescope: ASASSN-Payne-Gaposchkin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-04-05 08:52:48
Limiting flux: 18 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Cassius
Telescope: ASASSN-Cassius


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