Discovery certificate for object 2020ga
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 57770 [ 2020TNSTR..50....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-05 18:07:21
Sender: Prof. 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 2020ga
Discoverer internal name: ASASSN-20ag
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:54:24.360 (208.6015) DEC = -48:30:44.57 (-48.51238)
Discovery date: 2020-01-05 08:38:24.000 (JD=2458853.86)

Potential host galaxy: NGC 5333
Host redshift: 0.00918

Remarks: Present in several epochs, rapid rise, might be a nuclear event (AGN or TDE)

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-05 08:38:24.000
Flux: 15.5 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Cassius
Telescope: ASASSN-Cassius

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-12-31 08:23:59
Limiting flux: 17 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Paczynski
Telescope: ASASSN-Paczynski


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