TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 28353 [ 2019TNSTR..43....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-01-08 18:49:54
Date made public:
Sender: Krzysztof Stanek
Reporting Group: ASAS-SN     Discovery Data Source: ASAS-SN

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

IAU Designation: AT 2019kh
Discoverer internal name: ASASSN-19ai
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:29:01.392 (67.2558) DEC = -61:16:49.22 (-61.28034)
Discovery date: 2019-01-07 04:19:12.000 (JD=2458490.68)

Potential host galaxy: GALEXASC J042901.67-611651.0
Host redshift: 0.064

Remarks: Confirmed via follow-up imaging

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-01-07 04:19:12.000
Flux: 18.2 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Cassius
Telescope: ASASSN-Cassius

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-01-03 21:21:36
Limiting flux: 18.4 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Payne-Gaposchkin
Telescope: ASASSN-Payne-Gaposchkin


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