TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 77790 [ 2020TNSTR2173....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-07-18 10:54:19
Date made public:
Sender: Krzysztof Stanek
Reporting Group: ASAS-SN     Discovery Data Source: ASAS-SN

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

IAU Designation: SN 2020ppi
Discoverer internal name: ASASSN-20im
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:13:45.389 (288.43912) DEC = -59:18:03.28 (-59.30091)
Discovery date: 2020-07-17 17:45:36.000 (JD=2459048.24)

Potential host galaxy: IC 4830
Host redshift: 0.014637

Remarks: Present in two epochs, confirmed via follow-up imaging, in TESS Sector 27 FoV

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-07-17 17:45:36.000
Flux: 17.5 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Payne-Gaposchkin
Telescope: ASASSN-Payne-Gaposchkin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-07-08 18:14:24
Limiting flux: 18.3 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/2020ppi