TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 16534 [ 2018TNSTR..80....1H ]
Date Received (UTC): 2018-01-17 20:34:02
Sender: Mr. Hanjie Tan
Reporting Group: XOSS Discovery Data Source: XOSS
Di Hu, Wei Gao, Qianzhen Qiao, Ziyi Zhao, Gende Zhu, Mi Zhang, Luze Li, Tianzi Ren, Fei Huang, Hanjie Tan, Xing Gao report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2018hx
Discoverer internal name: PSP18A
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:40:59.320 (10.247167) DEC = +41:37:37.50 (41.627083)
Discovery date: 2018-01-17 13:00:27.000 (JD=2458136.0419792)
Potential host galaxy: M31
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-01-17 13:00:27.000
Flux: 16.8 VegaMag
Filter: Clear-
Instrument: Other
Telescope: Other
Remarks: using an unfitered CCD+ Celestron C14 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope D=365mm @f/6.9.
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-01-16 13:09:26
Limiting flux: 19.5 VegaMag
Filter: Clear-
Instrument: Other
Telescope: Other
Remarks: using an unfitered CCD+ Celestron C14 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope D=365mm @f/6.9.
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2018hx
Date Received (UTC): 2018-01-17 20:34:02
Sender: Mr. Hanjie Tan
Reporting Group: XOSS Discovery Data Source: XOSS
Di Hu, Wei Gao, Qianzhen Qiao, Ziyi Zhao, Gende Zhu, Mi Zhang, Luze Li, Tianzi Ren, Fei Huang, Hanjie Tan, Xing Gao report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2018hx
Discoverer internal name: PSP18A
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:40:59.320 (10.247167) DEC = +41:37:37.50 (41.627083)
Discovery date: 2018-01-17 13:00:27.000 (JD=2458136.0419792)
Potential host galaxy: M31
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-01-17 13:00:27.000
Flux: 16.8 VegaMag
Filter: Clear-
Instrument: Other
Telescope: Other
Remarks: using an unfitered CCD+ Celestron C14 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope D=365mm @f/6.9.
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-01-16 13:09:26
Limiting flux: 19.5 VegaMag
Filter: Clear-
Instrument: Other
Telescope: Other
Remarks: using an unfitered CCD+ Celestron C14 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope D=365mm @f/6.9.
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2018hx