TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 232790 [ 2024TNSTR4520....1C ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-17 18:29:35
Date made public:
Sender: PS1_Bot1
Reporting Group: Pan-STARRS     Discovery Data Source: Pan-STARRS

K. C. Chambers, T. de Boer, J. Herman, J. Fairlamb, M. Huber, C.-C. Lin, T. Lowe, E. Magnier, A. Schultz, R. J. Wainscoat, H. Gao, P. Minguez (IfA, University of Hawaii), K. W. Smith, D. R. Young, S. Srivastav, M. Fulton, S. J. Smartt, M. Nicholl, T. Moore, J. Weston, C. R. Angus, S. Sim (Queen's University Belfast), D. E. Wright (University of Minnesota) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024abjs
Discoverer internal name: PS24lfy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:51:51.723 (312.965514293) DEC = -30:28:50.54 (-30.4807066425)
Discovery date: 2024-09-21 05:45:03.168 (JD=2460574.73962)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-21 05:45:03.168
Flux: 19.76 ABMag
Filter: w-P1
Instrument: GPC2
Telescope: Pan-STARRS2

Last non-detection:
Archival info: DSS

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024abjs