TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 42398 [ 2019TNSTR1326....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-07-26 01:02:56
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 2019ltw
Discoverer internal name: ASASSN-19sj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:18:38.626 (244.66094) DEC = +21:58:22.01 (21.97278)
Discovery date: 2019-07-25 21:07:12.000 (JD=2458690.38)

Potential host galaxy: CGCG 137-076
Host redshift: 0.016077

Remarks: Present in two epochs, on the rise

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-07-25 21:07:12.000
Flux: 17 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Payne-Gaposchkin
Telescope: ASASSN-Payne-Gaposchkin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-07-20 06:14:24
Limiting flux: 17.8 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Leavitt
Telescope: ASASSN-Leavitt


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