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ASASSN-17ea and ASASSN-17eb: Discovery of Two Probable Supernovae

ATel #10206; J. Brimacombe (Coral Towers Observatory), J. S. Brown, K. Z. Stanek, T. W.-S. Holoien, C. S. Kochanek, J. Shields, T. A. Thompson (Ohio State), B. J. Shappee (Hubble Fellow, Carnegie Observatories), J. L. Prieto (Diego Portales; MAS), D. Bersier (LJMU), Subo Dong, S. Bose, Ping Chen (KIAA-PKU), S. Kiyota (Variable Star Observers League in Japan), G. Masi (Virtual Telescope Project, Ceccano, Italy), R. S. Post (Post Astronomy)
on 24 Mar 2017; 17:53 UT
Distributed as an Instant Email Notice Supernovae
Credential Certification: Jonathan Brown (brown@astronomy.ohio-state.edu)

Subjects: Optical, Supernovae, Transient

Referred to by ATel #: 10240

During the ongoing All Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae (ASAS-SN, Shappee et al. 2014), using data from the quadruple 14-cm "Cassius" telescope in Cerro Tololo, Chile and the quadruple 14-cm "Brutus" telescope in Haleakala, Hawaii, we discovered two new transient sources, most likely supernovae, in the galaxies ESO 442-G015 and 2MASX J15383353+1320423.

ASASSN-17ea (AT 2017cjr) was discovered in images obtained on UT 2017-03-24.28 at V~16.3 mag. We do not detect (V>17.6) the object in images taken on UT 2017-03-20.24 and before. An image obtained on 2017-03-24 by J. Brimacombe confirms the discovery of the transient. This figure shows the archival Pan-STARRS (Chambers et al. 2016, arXiv:1612.05560) g-band image of the host (left) and the J. Brimacombe confirmation image (right). The red circle has a radius of 5" and is centered on the position of the transient in the J. Brimacombe image.

The position of ASASSN-17ea is approximately 8.3" South and 1.4" West from the center of the galaxy ESO 442-G 015 (z=0.014440, d=64.4 Mpc, via NED), giving an absolute V-band magnitude of approximately -17.9 (m-M=34.01, A_V=0.191).

ASASSN-17eb (AT 2017cju) was discovered in images obtained on UT 2017-03-23.60 at V~17.9 mag. We do not detect (V>17.7) the object in images taken on UT 2017-03-19.59 and before. An image obtained on 2017-03-24 by J. Brimacombe confirms the discovery of the transient. This figure shows the archival SDSS g-band image of the host (left) and the J. Brimacombe confirmation image (right). The red circle has a radius of 5" and is centered on the position of the transient in the J. Brimacombe image.

The position of ASASSN-17eb is approximately 8.8" North and 8.0" East from the center of the galaxy 2MASX J15383353+1320423 (z=0.049334, d=212 Mpc, via NED), giving an absolute V-band magnitude of approximately -18.7 (m-M=36.53, A_V=0.113). Properties of the new sources and photometry are summarized in the tables below:

 
Object       RA (J2000)     DEC (J2000)      Disc. UT Date   Disc. V mag  Approx. Abs. Mag   Offset from Host (") 
ASASSN-17ea  12:42:50.671   -30:24:43.08     2017-03-24.28      16.3          -17.9               8.42 
ASASSN-17eb  15:38:34.052   +13:20:51.56     2017-03-23.60      17.9          -18.7              11.89 

ASASSN-17ea photometry:

 
Obs. UT Date         V mag 
2017-03-20.24        >17.6 
2017-03-21.24         17.2 
2017-03-22.25         16.8 
2017-03-24.28         16.3 

ASASSN-17eb photometry:

 
Obs. UT Date         V mag 
2017-03-19.59        >17.7 
2017-03-23.60         17.9 

Follow-up observations are encouraged.

While we are participating in the TNS system to minimize potential confusion, ASAS-SN will continue using ASASSN-17xx transient names as our primary nomenclature (including supernovae, but also other classes of transients), and we encourage others to do the same. We prefer merging the names as ASASSN-17xx (AT 2017xyz) to preserve, rather than anonymize, the origin of the transient.

We thank Las Cumbres Observatory and its staff for their continued support of ASAS-SN. ASAS-SN is funded in part by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation through grant GBMF5490 to the Ohio State University, NSF grant AST-1515927, the Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics (CCAPP) at OSU, the Chinese Academy of Sciences South America Center for Astronomy (CASSACA), and the Mt. Cuba Astronomical Foundation. For more information about the ASAS-SN project, see the ASAS-SN Homepage and the list of all ASAS-SN transients.