TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 20796 [ 2018TNSTR1017....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-07-23 00:47:03
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 2018ebw
Discoverer internal name: ASASSN-18pw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:41:16.399 (40.31833) DEC = +20:30:16.88 (20.50469)
Discovery date: 2018-07-22 12:57:36.000 (JD=2458322.04)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J024116.45+203016.8

Remarks: In several epochs, unknown redshift, faint host

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-07-22 12:57:36.000
Flux: 16.4 VegaMag
Filter: V-Johnson
Instrument: Brutus
Telescope: ASASSN-Brutus

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-07-04 04:19:12
Limiting flux: 17.3 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Payne-Gaposchkin
Telescope: ASASSN-Payne-Gaposchkin


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