TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 34829 [ 2019TNSTR.756....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-05-12 13:25:00
Date made public:
Sender: Krzysztof Stanek
Reporting Group: ASAS-SN     Discovery Data Source: ASAS-SN

K. Z. Stanek, C. S. Kochanek, for the ASAS-SN team report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2019fbz
Discoverer internal name: ASASSN-19mi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:30:55.786 (352.73244) DEC = -38:00:46.26 (-38.01285)
Discovery date: 2019-05-11 03:07:12.000 (JD=2458614.63)

Potential host galaxy: LCRS B232815.0-381721
Host redshift: 0.046489

Remarks: Present in two epochs, on the rise

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-05-11 03:07:12.000
Flux: 17.7 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Payne-Gaposchkin
Telescope: ASASSN-Payne-Gaposchkin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-05-05 10:04:48
Limiting flux: 18.2 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Cassius
Telescope: ASASSN-Cassius


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2019fbz