TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 81587 [ 2020TNSTR2759....1S ]
Date Received (UTC): 2020-09-09 00:37:10
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 2020svp
Discoverer internal name: ASASSN-20lk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:50:32.803 (207.63668) DEC = -30:02:55.64 (-30.04879)
Discovery date: 2020-09-08 17:16:48.000 (JD=2459101.22)
Potential host galaxy: ESO 445- G 054
Host redshift: 0.017886
Remarks: Present in two epochs, on the rise, possible nuclear source, so could also be a TDE
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-09-08 17:16:48.000
Flux: 15.9 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Payne-Gaposchkin
Telescope: ASASSN-Payne-Gaposchkin
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-08-26 18:00:00
Limiting flux: 17.2 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/2020svp
Date Received (UTC): 2020-09-09 00:37:10
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 2020svp
Discoverer internal name: ASASSN-20lk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:50:32.803 (207.63668) DEC = -30:02:55.64 (-30.04879)
Discovery date: 2020-09-08 17:16:48.000 (JD=2459101.22)
Potential host galaxy: ESO 445- G 054
Host redshift: 0.017886
Remarks: Present in two epochs, on the rise, possible nuclear source, so could also be a TDE
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-09-08 17:16:48.000
Flux: 15.9 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Payne-Gaposchkin
Telescope: ASASSN-Payne-Gaposchkin
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-08-26 18:00:00
Limiting flux: 17.2 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/2020svp