TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 81555 [ 2020TNSTR2753....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-09-08 02:46:45
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 2020svh
Discoverer internal name: ASASSN-20le
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:54:18.713 (13.57797) DEC = -61:53:35.05 (-61.89307)
Discovery date: 2020-09-07 20:52:48.000 (JD=2459100.37)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J005418.42-615334.0
Host redshift: 0.027746

Remarks: Cleat transient close to a core of an elliptical galaxy, in TESS Sector 29 FoV

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-09-07 20:52:48.000
Flux: 16.5 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Payne-Gaposchkin
Telescope: ASASSN-Payne-Gaposchkin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-08-26 21:50:24
Limiting flux: 18.2 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/2020svh