TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 17684 [ 2018TNSTR.463....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-04-09 20:29:55
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 2018arx
Discoverer internal name: ASASSN-18hq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:06:35.062 (211.64609) DEC = -32:34:43.00 (-32.57861)
Discovery date: 2018-04-09 07:26:24.000 (JD=2458217.81)

Potential host galaxy: ESO 446- G 008
Host redshift: 0.033853

Remarks: In several epochs

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-04-09 07:26:24.000
Flux: 17.3 STMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Paczynski
Telescope: ASASSN-Paczynski

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-04-04 03:21:36
Limiting flux: 17.7 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Paczynski
Telescope: ASASSN-Paczynski


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