TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 83448 [ 2020TNSTR2957....1B ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-09-28 20:17:17
Date made public:
Sender: Krzysztof Stanek
Reporting Group: ASAS-SN     Discovery Data Source: ASAS-SN

J. Brimacombe, K. Z. Stanek, D. Bersier, for the ASAS-SN team report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2020ukx
Discoverer internal name: ASASSN-20mr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:12:20.414 (138.08506) DEC = -24:10:20.14 (-24.17226)
Discovery date: 2020-09-28 03:07:12.000 (JD=2459120.63)

Potential host galaxy: NGC 2784
Host redshift: 0.002305

Remarks: Bright SN candidate discovered after the seasonal break, confirmed via follow-up imaging

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-09-28 03:07:12.000
Flux: 15.1 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Payne-Gaposchkin
Telescope: ASASSN-Payne-Gaposchkin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-07-07 16:47:59
Limiting flux: 17.4 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/2020ukx