TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 225455 [ 2024TNSTR3475....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-13 21:42:05
Date made public:
Sender: Krzysztof Stanek
Reporting Group: ASAS-SN     Discovery Data Source: ASAS-SN

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

IAU Designation: SN 2024vjb
Discoverer internal name: ASASSN-24fv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:27:39.785 (66.91577) DEC = -05:46:59.41 (-5.78317)
Discovery date: 2024-09-11 12:00:00.000 (JD=2460565)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J042739.82-054701.5
Host redshift: 0.040261

Remarks: Present in several epochs, close to the host galaxy core, so could also be a TDE

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-11 12:00:00.000
Flux: 17.5 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Brutus
Telescope: ASASSN-Brutus

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-06 12:00:00
Limiting flux: 18.1 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Brutus
Telescope: ASASSN-Brutus


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