TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 210172 [ 2024TNSTR1479....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-05-12 13:08:33
Date made public:
Sender: Krzysztof Stanek
Reporting Group: ASAS-SN     Discovery Data Source: ASAS-SN

K. Z. Stanek, S. Petz, for the ASAS-SN team report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024iqw
Discoverer internal name: ASASSN-24dd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:24:34.754 (336.14481) DEC = -79:56:54.56 (-79.94849)
Discovery date: 2024-05-10 00:43:12.000 (JD=2460440.53)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J222434.74-795657.3
Host redshift: 0.03898

Remarks: Present in several epochs, on the rise, possible nuclear source

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-05-10 00:43:12.000
Flux: 16.8 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Payne-Gaposchkin
Telescope: ASASSN-Payne-Gaposchkin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-05-02 02:38:24
Limiting flux: 17.5 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/2024iqw