TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 199627 [ 2024TNSTR.131....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-01-13 22:35:47
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 2024yu
Discoverer internal name: ASASSN-24ak
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:39:58.526 (114.99386) DEC = -76:04:32.34 (-76.07565)
Discovery date: 2024-01-13 06:28:48.000 (JD=2460322.77)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J074001.00-760426.2
Host redshift: 0.034557

Remarks: Present in several epochs, on the rise

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-01-13 06:28:48.000
Flux: 17.4 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Paczynski
Telescope: ASASSN-Paczynski

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-01-10 06:57:36
Limiting flux: 18 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Paczynski
Telescope: ASASSN-Paczynski


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