TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 20629 [ 2018TNSTR.978....1C ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-07-14 19:11:20
Date made public:
Sender: PS1_Bot1
Reporting Group: Pan-STARRS     Discovery Data Source: Pan-STARRS

K. C. Chambers, M. E. Huber, H. Flewelling, E. A. Magnier, A. Schultz, T. Lowe, J. Bulger (IfA, University of Hawaii), S. J. Smartt, K. W. Smith (Queen's University Belfast), J. Tonry, C. Waters, (IfA, University of Hawaii) D. E. Wright (University of Minnesota), D. R. Young (Queen's University Belfast) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2018dxb
Discoverer internal name: PS18axh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:13:30.439 (183.376829824) DEC = +50:12:30.87 (50.2085739362)
Discovery date: 2018-03-06 11:49:55.000 (JD=2458183.9929977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-03-06 11:49:55.000
Flux: 19.94 ABMag
Filter: i-P1
Instrument: GPC1
Telescope: Pan-STARRS1

Last non-detection:
Archival info: DSS

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2018dxb