TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 1765 [ 2016TNSTR.249....1B ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-03-31 22:44:05
Date made public:
Sender: Jonathan Brown
Reporting Group: ASAS-SN     Discovery Data Source: ASAS-SN

J. S. Brown, for the ASAS-SN team report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2016blf
Discoverer internal name: ASASSN-16do
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:34:12.716 (98.552983) DEC = -32:59:49.62 (-32.997117)
Discovery date: 2016-03-30 02:52:48.000 (JD=2457477.62)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-03-30 02:52:48.000
Flux: 16.4 VegaMag
Filter: V-Johnson
Instrument: Cassius
Telescope: ASASSN-Cassius

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-03-23 03:21:36
Limiting flux: 17.1 VegaMag
Filter: V-Johnson
Instrument: Cassius
Telescope: ASASSN-Cassius


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2016blf