TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 23923 [ 2018TNSTR1688....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-11-04 00:15:36
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 2018hts
Discoverer internal name: ASASSN-18yy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:24:32.964 (351.13735) DEC = +17:05:35.30 (17.09314)
Discovery date: 2018-11-01 21:36:00.000 (JD=2458424.4)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J232432.96+170537.9

Remarks: In several epoch, unknown redshift host galaxy

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-11-01 21:36:00.000
Flux: 16.8 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Payne-Gaposchkin
Telescope: ASASSN-Payne-Gaposchkin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-10-21 02:24:00
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/2018hts