TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 17663 [ 2018TNSTR.458....1B ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-04-08 17:24:53
Date made public:
Sender: Krzysztof Stanek
Reporting Group: ASAS-SN     Discovery Data Source: ASAS-SN

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

IAU Designation: SN 2018are
Discoverer internal name: ASASSN-18hh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:49:26.878 (207.36199) DEC = +26:27:42.91 (26.46192)
Discovery date: 2018-04-05 03:50:24.000 (JD=2458213.66)

Potential host galaxy: 2MASX J13492678+2627426
Host redshift: 0.076358

Remarks: Confirmed via follow-up imaging

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-04-05 03:50:24.000
Flux: 18.3 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Leavitt
Telescope: ASASSN-Leavitt

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-03-26 05:02:24
Limiting flux: 18.3 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Leavitt
Telescope: ASASSN-Leavitt


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2018are