TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 4075 [ 2016TNSTR.530....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-08-07 01:15:49
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 2016eqw
Discoverer internal name: ASASSN-16ic
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:14:15.538 (18.56474) DEC = -16:24:57.60 (-16.416)
Discovery date: 2016-08-06 05:02:24.000 (JD=2457606.71)

Potential host galaxy: GALEXASC J011415.49-162456.4

Remarks: Unknown redshift, faint blue host

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-08-06 05:02:24.000
Flux: 17.3 VegaMag
Filter: V-Johnson
Instrument: Brutus
Telescope: ASASSN-Brutus

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-07-26 14:38:24
Limiting flux: 17.1 VegaMag
Filter: V-Johnson
Instrument: Brutus
Telescope: ASASSN-Brutus


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