TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 54066 [ 2019TNSTR2546....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-12-07 15:27:55
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 2019wdx
Discoverer internal name: ASASSN-19acx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:23:41.393 (125.92247) DEC = +21:26:03.70 (21.43436)
Discovery date: 2019-12-07 09:07:12.000 (JD=2458824.88)

Potential host galaxy: IC 2341
Host redshift: 0.017155

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

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-12-07 09:07:12.000
Flux: 16.6 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Leavitt
Telescope: ASASSN-Leavitt

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-11-21 11:45:36
Limiting flux: 18.2 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Leavitt
Telescope: ASASSN-Leavitt


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