Discovery certificate for object 2020kny
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 71404 [ 2020TNSTR1423....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-05-20 14:22:00
Sender: Prof. Krzysztof Stanek
Reporting Group: ASAS-SN     Discovery Data Source: ASAS-SN

B. Nicholls, K. Z. Stanek, C. S. Kochanek, for the ASAS-SN team report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2020kny
Discoverer internal name: ASASSN-20fh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:23:05.866 (275.77444) DEC = -77:43:16.46 (-77.72124)
Discovery date: 2020-05-19 23:16:48.000 (JD=2458989.47)

Potential host galaxy: ESO 024-IG 015 NED01
Host redshift: 0.0045

Remarks: Present in two epochs, on the rise, confirmed via follow-up imaging

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-05-19 23:16:48.000
Flux: 17.2 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Payne-Gaposchkin
Telescope: ASASSN-Payne-Gaposchkin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-05-15 22:19:12
Limiting flux: 18.1 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: Payne-Gaposchkin
Telescope: ASASSN-Payne-Gaposchkin


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