TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 2537 [ 2016TNSTR.378....1B ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-05-26 16:17:50
Date made public:
Sender: Jonathan Brown
Reporting Group: ASAS-SN     Discovery Data Source: ASAS-SN

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

IAU Designation: AT 2016cob
Discoverer internal name: ASASSN-16fo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:32:35.812 (203.149217) DEC = -05:16:21.33 (-5.272592)
Discovery date: 2016-05-26 05:31:12.000 (JD=2457534.73)

Potential host galaxy: 2MASX J13323577-0516218
Host redshift: 0.02961


Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-05-26 05:31:12.000
Flux: 16.6 VegaMag
Filter: V-Johnson
Instrument: Cassius
Telescope: ASASSN-Cassius

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-05-12 08:38:24
Limiting flux: 17.9 VegaMag
Filter: V-Johnson
Instrument: Cassius
Telescope: ASASSN-Cassius


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