TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 45981 [ 2019TNSTR1714....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-09-03 15:01:31
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: SN 2019pil
Discoverer internal name: ASASSN-19vq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:37:21.202 (54.33834) DEC = +05:21:16.38 (5.35455)
Discovery date: 2019-09-03 13:26:24.000 (JD=2458730.06)

Potential host galaxy: MCG +01-10-002
Host redshift: 0.032289

Remarks: Present in two epochs, on the rise, nuclear source, so could also be a TDE

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-09-03 13:26:24.000
Flux: 17.9 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Brutus
Telescope: ASASSN-Brutus

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-08-29 13:55:12
Limiting flux: 18.8 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Brutus
Telescope: ASASSN-Brutus


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