TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 40917 [ 2019TNSTR1149....1B ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-07-05 11:05:16
Date made public:
Sender: Krzysztof Stanek
Reporting Group: ASAS-SN     Discovery Data Source: ASAS-SN

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

IAU Designation: SN 2019knt
Discoverer internal name: ASASSN-19qw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:35:50.419 (158.96008) DEC = -34:16:22.04 (-34.27279)
Discovery date: 2019-07-03 19:12:00.000 (JD=2458668.3)

Potential host galaxy: ESO 375- G 070
Host redshift: 0.012826

Remarks: Confirmed via follow-up imaging

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-07-03 19:12:00.000
Flux: 17.2 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Payne-Gaposchkin
Telescope: ASASSN-Payne-Gaposchkin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-06-28 01:12:00
Limiting flux: 18.2 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Cassius
Telescope: ASASSN-Cassius


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://sandbox.wis-tns.org/object/2019knt