TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 90073 [ 2020TNSTR3490....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-11-18 15:40:08
Date made public:
Sender: Krzysztof Stanek
Reporting Group: ASAS-SN     Discovery Data Source: ASAS-SN

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

IAU Designation: AT 2020aaix
Discoverer internal name: ASASSN-20oj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:06:49.260 (166.70525) DEC = +47:51:11.74 (47.85326)
Discovery date: 2020-11-16 12:00:00.000 (JD=2459170)

Potential host galaxy: CGCG 241-080 NED02
Host redshift: 0.06427

Remarks: Present in several epochs, on the rise

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-11-16 12:00:00.000
Flux: 17.5 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Leavitt
Telescope: ASASSN-Leavitt

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-11-12 10:19:12
Limiting flux: 18 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Leavitt
Telescope: ASASSN-Leavitt


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2020aaix