TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 80499 [ 2020TNSTR2565....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-08-21 22:53:32
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 2020ruq
Discoverer internal name: ASASSN-20kn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:34:00.751 (308.50313) DEC = -44:16:50.09 (-44.28058)
Discovery date: 2020-08-19 22:48:00.000 (JD=2459081.45)

Potential host galaxy: ESO 285- G 031
Host redshift: 0.022949

Remarks: Present in two epochs, on the rise

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-08-19 22:48:00.000
Flux: 17.1 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Payne-Gaposchkin
Telescope: ASASSN-Payne-Gaposchkin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-08-10 21:36:00
Limiting flux: 18.4 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/2020ruq