TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 2837 [ 2016TNSTR.457....1B ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-07-07 20:37:54
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: SN 2016czc
Discoverer internal name: ASASSN-16hc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:59:04.456 (209.768567) DEC = +33:08:20.30 (33.138972)
Discovery date: 2016-07-07 07:26:24.000 (JD=2457576.81)

Potential host galaxy: 2MASX J13590394+3308172
Host redshift: 0.050972


Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-07-07 07:26:24.000
Flux: 17.4 VegaMag
Filter: V-Johnson
Instrument: Brutus
Telescope: ASASSN-Brutus

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-07-05 05:02:24
Limiting flux: 18.2 VegaMag
Filter: V-Johnson
Instrument: Brutus
Telescope: ASASSN-Brutus


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