TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 207334 [ 2024TNSTR1004....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-04-10 11:57:04
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: AT 2024gfa
Discoverer internal name: ASASSN-24cn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:42:47.400 (160.6975) DEC = +27:39:43.16 (27.66199)
Discovery date: 2024-04-10 07:55:12.000 (JD=2460410.83)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J104247.33+273941.0
Host redshift: 0.039791

Remarks: Present in two epochs, on the rise, possible nuclear source, so might be a TDE

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-10 07:55:12.000
Flux: 17.1 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Brutus
Telescope: ASASSN-Brutus

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-04-08 08:52:48
Limiting flux: 18 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Brutus
Telescope: ASASSN-Brutus


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024gfa