TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 92747 [ 2020TNSTR3781....1B ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-12-14 17:04:33
Date made public:
Sender: Krzysztof Stanek
Reporting Group: ASAS-SN     Discovery Data Source: ASAS-SN

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

IAU Designation: SN 2020acpc
Discoverer internal name: ASASSN-20pu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:42:37.385 (145.65577) DEC = +24:18:05.47 (24.30152)
Discovery date: 2020-12-12 12:28:48.000 (JD=2459196.02)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J094236.66+241835.8
Host redshift: 0.051371

Remarks: Present in several epochs, confirmed via follow-up imaging, significant offset from the presumed host galaxy

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-12-12 12:28:48.000
Flux: 18 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Brutus
Telescope: ASASSN-Brutus

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-12-08 11:02:24
Limiting flux: 18 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Brutus
Telescope: ASASSN-Brutus


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