TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 2207 [ 2016TNSTR.320....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-04-28 00:24:55
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 2016cbx
Discoverer internal name: ASASSN-16es
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:50:54.530 (177.72721) DEC = +02:18:21.56 (2.30599)
Discovery date: 2016-04-27 09:07:12.000 (JD=2457505.88)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J115054.45+021828.1

Remarks: In two epochs, next to a blue, star-forming SDSS galaxy, unknown redshift.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-04-27 09:07:12.000
Flux: 17.1 VegaMag
Filter: V-Johnson
Instrument: Brutus
Telescope: ASASSN-Brutus

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-04-23 07:26:24
Limiting flux: 16.7 VegaMag
Filter: V-Johnson
Instrument: Brutus
Telescope: ASASSN-Brutus


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