TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 166198 [ 2022TNSTR3505....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2022-12-01 15:47:56
Date made public:
Sender: Denis Denisenko
Reporting Group: PALEO     Discovery Data Source: PALEO

Artem Doronin, Denis Denisenko (Vorobyovy Gory Education Center) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 1979H
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:11:37.000 (317.904167) DEC = -26:21:02.10 (-26.350583)
Discovery date: 1979-10-09 10:00:00.000 (JD=2444155.9166667)

Potential host galaxy: ESO 530-19
Host redshift: 0.05511

Remarks: Possible supernova discovered by Artem Doronin on the Blue DSS plate. The object is located 13" West and 5" North from the center of ESO 530-19 = LEDA 66306.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 1979-10-09 10:00:00.000
Flux: 17.1 ABMag
Filter: B-Johnson
Instrument: Other
Telescope: Other

Remarks: Blue photographic plate taken with the UK Schmidt telescope.

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: Nothing but galaxy background is present at this position on the color-combined PanSTARRS-1 images (limiting magnitude 23.5).

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/1979H