TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 87223 [ 2020TNSTR3218....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-10-23 00:03:27
Date made public:
Sender: Malhar Kendurkar
Reporting Group: GSNST     Discovery Data Source: GSNST

M. Kendurkar, R. Chinchwadkar, C. Raguenaud, A. Chapman and F. José Calvo for GSNST Team report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2020yaj
Discoverer internal name: GSNST-20cr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:00:14.710 (60.061292) DEC = -41:20:45.67 (-41.346019)
Discovery date: 2020-10-23 00:00:38.016 (JD=2459145.50044)

Potential host galaxy: 2MASX J04001487-4120449
Host redshift: 0.057683

Remarks: Bright nuclear source, visible in several epochs, could be TDE on the rise.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-10-23 00:00:38.016
Flux: 16.61 ABMag
Filter: Clear-
Instrument: Other
Telescope: Other

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-10-17 02:33:38
Limiting flux: 20 ABMag
Filter: Clear-
Instrument: Other
Telescope: Other


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://sandbox.wis-tns.org/object/2020yaj