TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 57288 [ 2019TNSTR2757....1C ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-12-31 22:20:48
Date made public:
Sender: PS2_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 2019zls
Discoverer internal name: PS19jgk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:26:28.454 (66.6185591511) DEC = -12:25:29.94 (-12.4249837489)
Discovery date: 2019-12-30 07:55:12.000 (JD=2458847.83)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-12-30 07:55:12.000
Flux: 20.27 ABMag
Filter: w-P1
Instrument: GPC2
Telescope: Pan-STARRS2

Last non-detection:
Archival info: DSS

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2019zls