TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 79532 [ 2020TNSTR2441....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-08-10 07:50:35
Date made public:
Sender: Krzysztof Stanek
Reporting Group: ASAS-SN     Discovery Data Source: ASAS-SN

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

IAU Designation: AT 2020ral
Discoverer internal name: ASASSN-20jr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:17:17.688 (229.3237) DEC = +54:45:45.68 (54.76269)
Discovery date: 2020-08-10 05:45:36.000 (JD=2459071.74)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J151717.46+544546.0
Host redshift: 0.038765

Remarks: On the rise, possibly a nuclear event, so could also be a TDE

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-08-10 05:45:36.000
Flux: 16.8 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Brutus
Telescope: ASASSN-Brutus

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-07-30 05:31:12
Limiting flux: 17.7 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Leavitt
Telescope: ASASSN-Leavitt


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