TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 201366 [ 2024TNSTR.345....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-02-05 02:57:24
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 2024bqm
Discoverer internal name: ASASSN-24aw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:34:29.378 (23.62241) DEC = -19:38:59.89 (-19.64997)
Discovery date: 2024-02-05 01:55:12.000 (JD=2460345.58)

Potential host galaxy: KUG 0132-199
Host redshift: 0.042806

Remarks: Present in several epochs, it appears to be a fast-evolving transient

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-02-05 01:55:12.000
Flux: 16.4 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Leavitt
Telescope: ASASSN-Leavitt

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-01-28 00:43:12
Limiting flux: 17.5 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Cassius
Telescope: ASASSN-Cassius


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024bqm