TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 76157 [ 2020TNSTR2076....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-07-10 15:03:52
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: AT 2020ohl
Discoverer internal name: ASASSN-20hx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:03:36.492 (255.90205) DEC = +62:01:32.34 (62.02565)
Discovery date: 2020-07-10 08:09:36.000 (JD=2459040.84)

Potential host galaxy: NGC 6297
Host redshift: 0.016657

Remarks: Present in several epochs, on the rise, clear source, so could also be a TDE

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-07-10 08:09:36.000
Flux: 16.7 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Brutus
Telescope: ASASSN-Brutus

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-06-23 08:52:48
Limiting flux: 18.6 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Brutus
Telescope: ASASSN-Brutus


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