TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 98576 [ 2021TNSTR.376....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2021-02-07 00:56:44
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 2021cag
Discoverer internal name: ASASSN-21az
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:02:41.712 (90.6738) DEC = -59:51:53.96 (-59.86499)
Discovery date: 2021-02-06 03:50:24.000 (JD=2459251.66)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J060241.95-595152.1
Host redshift: 0.1

Remarks: Present in several epochs, in TESS Sector 34 FoV

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2021-02-06 03:50:24.000
Flux: 17.3 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Cassius
Telescope: ASASSN-Cassius

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2021-01-26 01:40:48
Limiting flux: 17.5 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Paczynski
Telescope: ASASSN-Paczynski


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2021cag