We are carrying out the "Pan-STARRS Search for Kilonovae" which is a focused search for intrinsically faint transients, or rapidly evolving transients in galaxies which are closer than 200 Mpc in the ongoing Pan-STARRS Near Earth Object surveys (see Smartt et al. AstroNote 2019-48 for details).
In normal survey mode, Pan-STARRS takes 4 x 45s exposures in w, i or z each night reaching 5 sigma magnitudes of w<22, i<21 and z<20.5 in each frame (see Chambers et al. 2016, 1612.05560).
We report the discovery of an intrinsically faint transient PS19exy (AT2019pet) in the host galaxy UGC 00556, at a redshift of z = 0.015 or d = 58 Mpc (from NED). The transient was discovered at MJD 58724.63 == 2019-08-29.63, at m_z = 20.05 +/- 0.11. It is offset from the host by 0.80" N, 5.88" W (a projected 1.7 kpc radius from the galaxy centre). At this distance the absolute magnitude is M_z = -13.83 (assuming m-M = 33.81 and foreground extinction of A_z = 0.072). Spectroscopic classification is encouraged.
Information on all objects discovered by the "Pan-STARRS search for kilonovae" will be made available at http://star.pst.qub.ac.uk/ps1threepi/. We will release AstroNotes for all these candidates and encourage spectroscopic classification or photometric follow-up. A finder is attached.
These discoveries are a byproduct of the Pan-STARRS NEO survey observations supported by the NASA Grants, including No. NNX14AM74G issued through the SSO Near Earth Object Observations Program.
Catalog | Name | Reported RA | Reported DEC | Reported Obj-Type | Reported Redshift | Host Name | Host Redshift | Remarks | TNS RA | TNS DEC | TNS Obj-Type | TNS Redshift |
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TNS | 2019pet [PS19exy] | 00:54:49.834 | +29:14:48.71 | SN | 0.015 | 00:54:49.834 | +29:14:48.71 |
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