TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 12316 [ 2017TNSTR.722....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-07-02 14:29:27
Date made public:
Sender: Krzysztof Stanek
Reporting Group: ASAS-SN     Discovery Data Source: ASAS-SN

S. Dong, K. Z. Stanek, for the ASAS-SN team report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2017fbu
Discoverer internal name: ASASSN-17is
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:11:06.984 (32.7791) DEC = +03:50:36.38 (3.84344)
Discovery date: 2017-07-02 09:36:00.000 (JD=2457936.9)

Potential host galaxy: IC 0211
Host redshift: 0.010861

Remarks: In two epochs and chips

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-07-02 09:36:00.000
Flux: 16.6 VegaMag
Filter: V-Johnson
Instrument: Brutus
Telescope: ASASSN-Brutus

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-06-27 14:09:36
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/2017fbu