TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 64664 [ 2020TNSTR.836....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-03-21 16:05:25
Date made public:
Sender: Krzysztof Stanek
Reporting Group: ASAS-SN     Discovery Data Source: ASAS-SN

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

IAU Designation: SN 2020eqv
Discoverer internal name: ASASSN-20dk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:49:13.272 (132.3053) DEC = -14:17:36.02 (-14.29334)
Discovery date: 2020-03-21 07:26:24.000 (JD=2458929.81)

Potential host galaxy: NGC 2674
Host redshift: 0.017706

Remarks: Present in several epochs, on the rise

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-03-21 07:26:24.000
Flux: 16.8 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Brutus
Telescope: ASASSN-Brutus

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-03-13 05:16:48
Limiting flux: 17.6 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Paczynski
Telescope: ASASSN-Paczynski


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