Discovery certificate for object 2020jkx
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 70182 [ 2020TNSTR1285....1C ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-05-10 13:21:43
Sender: Pan-STARRS2 (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'Neill, 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 2020jkx
Discoverer internal name: PS20cwc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:43:25.077 (190.854487719) DEC = -00:15:23.80 (-0.256611362436)
Discovery date: 2020-04-27 08:29:45.600 (JD=2458966.854)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-04-27 08:29:45.600
Flux: 20.94 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/2020jkx