TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 84902 [ 2020TNSTR3083....1C ]
Date Received (UTC): 2020-10-11 21:51:37
Sender: Pan-STARRS1 (PS1_Bot1)
Reporting Group: Pan-STARRS1 Discovery Data Source: Pan-STARRS1
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, M. Fulton, 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 2020vtg
Discoverer internal name: PS20ipc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:07:46.315 (1.94297988159) DEC = -12:37:00.04 (-12.6166782826)
Discovery date: 2020-09-09 10:45:07.200 (JD=2459101.948)
Remarks: This transient was discovered with the help of citizen science project Supernova Hunters run by Zooniverse. The candidate was identified by volunteers including Henryk Krawczyk, Virgilio Gonano and Giovanni Colombo
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-09-09 10:45:07.200
Flux: 20.92 ABMag
Filter: i-Sloan
Instrument: GPC1
Telescope: Pan-STARRS
Last non-detection:
Archival info: DSS
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2020vtg
Date Received (UTC): 2020-10-11 21:51:37
Sender: Pan-STARRS1 (PS1_Bot1)
Reporting Group: Pan-STARRS1 Discovery Data Source: Pan-STARRS1
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, M. Fulton, 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 2020vtg
Discoverer internal name: PS20ipc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:07:46.315 (1.94297988159) DEC = -12:37:00.04 (-12.6166782826)
Discovery date: 2020-09-09 10:45:07.200 (JD=2459101.948)
Remarks: This transient was discovered with the help of citizen science project Supernova Hunters run by Zooniverse. The candidate was identified by volunteers including Henryk Krawczyk, Virgilio Gonano and Giovanni Colombo
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-09-09 10:45:07.200
Flux: 20.92 ABMag
Filter: i-Sloan
Instrument: GPC1
Telescope: Pan-STARRS
Last non-detection:
Archival info: DSS
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2020vtg