TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 167954 [ 2022TNSTR3676....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2022-12-29 17:05:15
Date made public:
Sender: Denis Denisenko
Reporting Group: PALEO     Discovery Data Source: PALEO

V. R. Bhaskaran Nair, D. Denisenko (Vorobyovy Gory education center) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 1982ag
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:45:14.530 (311.310542) DEC = -05:29:23.20 (-5.489778)
Discovery date: 1982-07-25 15:00:00.000 (JD=2445176.125)

Potential host galaxy: LEDA 65308
Host redshift: 0.02688

Remarks: Possible supernova discovered by Vijay Ram Bhaskaran Nair on the Blue DSS plate. The object is located 1" West and 20" South from the center of LEDA 65308.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 1982-07-25 15:00:00.000
Flux: 18.1 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/1982ag