TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 60824 [ 2020TNSTR.350....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-01 14:31:59
Date made public:
Sender: Krzysztof Stanek
Reporting Group: ASAS-SN     Discovery Data Source: ASAS-SN

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

IAU Designation: AT 2020bou
Discoverer internal name: ASASSN-20bn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:58:39.343 (134.66393) DEC = -73:19:32.70 (-73.32575)
Discovery date: 2020-02-01 08:23:59.000 (JD=2458880.8499884)

Potential host galaxy: ESO 036- G 015
Host redshift: 0.038473

Remarks: Present in two epochs, on the rise, confirmed via follow-up imaging

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-01 08:23:59.000
Flux: 17.1 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Paczynski
Telescope: ASASSN-Paczynski

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-30 08:23:59
Limiting flux: 17.8 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Paczynski
Telescope: ASASSN-Paczynski


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