TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 12198 [ 2017TNSTR.688....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-06-24 13:28:01
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 2017exo
Discoverer internal name: ASASSN-17ie
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:31:41.904 (277.9246) DEC = +16:39:07.34 (16.65204)
Discovery date: 2017-06-24 10:19:12.000 (JD=2457928.93)

Potential host galaxy: IRAS 18294+1636
Host redshift: 0.016288

Remarks: In two epochs, on the rise

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-06-24 10:19:12.000
Flux: 17.1 VegaMag
Filter: V-Johnson
Instrument: Brutus
Telescope: ASASSN-Brutus

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-06-16 12:57:36
Limiting flux: 17.5 VegaMag
Filter: V-Johnson
Instrument: Brutus
Telescope: ASASSN-Brutus


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2017exo