Discovery certificate for object 2019kps
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 41014 [ 2019TNSTR1160....1C ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-07-06 15:35:02
Sender: Pan-STARRS1 (PS1_Bot1)
Reporting Group: Pan-STARRS     Discovery Data Source: Pan-STARRS

K. C. Chambers, T. de Boer, J. Bulger, J. Fairlamb, M. Huber, C.-C. Lin, T. Lowe, E. Magnier, A. Schultz, R. J. Wainscoat, M. Willman (IfA, University of Hawaii), K. W. Smith, D. R. Young, O. McBrien, J. Gillanders. S. Srivastav, S. J. Smartt, D. O'Neil, P. Clark, S. Sim (Queen's University Belfast), D. E. Wright (University of Minnesota) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2019kps
Discoverer internal name: PS19dls
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:25:53.187 (216.471614185) DEC = -22:52:59.83 (-22.8832856099)
Discovery date: 2019-07-04 06:31:40.000 (JD=2458668.7719907)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-07-04 06:31:40.000
Flux: 20.74 ABMag
Filter: w-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/2019kps