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ASASSN-16oo: Discovery of A Probable Supernova in 2MASX J01411858-0012382

ATel #9837; R. S. Post (Post Astronomy), J. M. Fernandez (Observatory Inmaculada del Molino), J. Brimacombe (Coral Towers Observatory), G. Masi (Virtual Telescope Project, Ceccano, Italy), J. S. Brown, K. Z. Stanek, T. W.-S. Holoien, C. S. Kochanek, J. Shields (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), B. Nicholls (Mt. Vernon Obs., New Zealand), G. Stone (Sierra Remote Observatories)
on 8 Dec 2016; 15:25 UT
Distributed as an Instant Email Notice Supernovae
Credential Certification: Jonathan Brown (brown@astronomy.ohio-state.edu)

Subjects: Optical, Supernovae, Transient

During the ongoing All Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae (ASAS-SN or "Assassin"), using data from the quadruple 14-cm "Cassius" telescope in Cerro Tololo, Chile, we discovered a new transient source, most likely a supernova, in the galaxy 2MASX J01411858-0012382.

ASASSN-16oo (SN 2016isg) was discovered in images obtained on UT 2016-12-06.09 at V~16.9 mag. We do not detect (V>17.1) the object in images taken on UT 2016-12-07.03 and before. An image obtained on 2016-12-06 by R. Post confirms the discovery of the transient. This figure shows the archival DSS image of the host (left) and the R. Post confirmation image (right). The red circle has a radius of 5" and is centered on the position of the transient in the R. Post image.

The position of ASASSN-16oo is approximately 0.7" North and 2.3" East from the center of the galaxy 2MASX J01411858-0012382 (z=0.055457, d=233 Mpc, via NED), giving an absolute V-band magnitude of approximately -19.9 (m-M=36.72, A_V=0.084). Follow-up spectroscopy (ATEL #9836) shows ASASSN-16oo to be a Type Ia supernova approximately 2 weeks after max. Properties of the new source 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-16oo  01:41:18.713   -00:12:36.88     2016-12-06.09      16.9          -19.9               2.4 
 
Obs. UT Date         V mag 
2016-12-07.03        >17.1 
2016-12-06.09         16.9 

Follow-up observations are encouraged.

While we are participating in the TNS system to minimize potential confusion, ASAS-SN will continue using ASASSN-16xx 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-16xx (AT2016xyz) to preserve, rather than anonymize, the origin of the transient.

We thank LCOGT and its staff for their continued support of ASAS-SN. ASAS-SN is supported by 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.