TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 22223 [ 2018TNSTR1300....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-09-05 13:34:02
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 2018fuc
Discoverer internal name: ASASSN-18tz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:49:54.473 (72.47697) DEC = -41:56:18.06 (-41.93835)
Discovery date: 2018-09-05 07:55:12.000 (JD=2458366.83)

Potential host galaxy: ESO 304- G 024
Host redshift: 0.019657

Remarks: In several epochs

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-09-05 07:55:12.000
Flux: 17.4 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Paczynski
Telescope: ASASSN-Paczynski

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-09-01 07:55:12
Limiting flux: 17.2 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Paczynski
Telescope: ASASSN-Paczynski


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