TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 142416 [ 2022TNSTR.785....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2022-03-26 01:08:45
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 2022fcw
Discoverer internal name: ASASSN-22dw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:24:29.575 (321.12323) DEC = -71:12:35.96 (-71.20999)
Discovery date: 2022-03-25 09:21:36.000 (JD=2459663.89)

Potential host galaxy: FGCE 1596

Remarks: Present in several epochs, discovered after the seasonal break, unknown redshift, edge-on host galaxy

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2022-03-25 09:21:36.000
Flux: 16.8 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Cassius
Telescope: ASASSN-Cassius

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2022-01-05 18:43:12
Limiting flux: 16 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/2022fcw