TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 20795 [ 2018TNSTR1014....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-07-22 21:16:17
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: AT 2018ebv
Discoverer internal name: ASASSN-18pv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:04:06.607 (31.02753) DEC = -17:43:23.74 (-17.72326)
Discovery date: 2018-07-22 04:04:48.000 (JD=2458321.67)

Potential host galaxy: 2MASX J02040678-1743294

Remarks: In several epochs, unknown redshift host galaxy

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-07-22 04:04:48.000
Flux: 17.8 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Payne-Gaposchkin
Telescope: ASASSN-Payne-Gaposchkin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-07-13 08:09:36
Limiting flux: 18.7 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Paczynski
Telescope: ASASSN-Paczynski


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