TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 77749 [ 2020TNSTR2160....1B ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-07-17 18:56:39
Date made public:
Sender: Krzysztof Stanek
Reporting Group: ASAS-SN     Discovery Data Source: ASAS-SN

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

IAU Designation: AT 2020pom
Discoverer internal name: ASASSN-20il
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:03:11.500 (75.797917) DEC = -22:48:50.00 (-22.813889)
Discovery date: 2020-07-08 04:19:12.000 (JD=2459038.68)

Potential host galaxy: ESO 486- G 017
Host redshift: 0.015841

Remarks: Discovered after the seasonal break, in two epochs, nuclear source, so could also be a TDE/AGN

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-07-08 04:19:12.000
Flux: 16.2 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Payne-Gaposchkin
Telescope: ASASSN-Payne-Gaposchkin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-03-21 18:43:12
Limiting flux: 18 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Payne-Gaposchkin
Telescope: ASASSN-Payne-Gaposchkin


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