TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 112954 [ 2021TNSTR1989....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2021-06-10 13:13:10
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: SN 2021pit
Discoverer internal name: ASASSN-21kl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:44:30.166 (56.12569) DEC = -44:37:57.07 (-44.63252)
Discovery date: 2021-06-10 10:33:36.000 (JD=2459375.94)

Potential host galaxy: NGC 1448
Host redshift: 0.003896

Remarks: Bright, nearby SN candidate, on the rise

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2021-06-10 10:33:36.000
Flux: 13.5 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Paczynski
Telescope: ASASSN-Paczynski

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2021-04-22 23:02:24
Limiting flux: 17 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Cassius
Telescope: ASASSN-Cassius


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