TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 84911 [ 2020TNSTR3083....1C ]
Date Received (UTC): 2020-10-11 21:58:40
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 2020vto
Discoverer internal name: PS20ipk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:03:54.539 (45.9772451278) DEC = -12:57:01.74 (-12.9504843517)
Discovery date: 2020-09-12 14:38:24.000 (JD=2459105.11)
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, acadia smith and Lily Lau W.W.
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-09-12 14:38:24.000
Flux: 21.38 ABMag
Filter: w-PS1
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/2020vto
Date Received (UTC): 2020-10-11 21:58:40
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 2020vto
Discoverer internal name: PS20ipk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:03:54.539 (45.9772451278) DEC = -12:57:01.74 (-12.9504843517)
Discovery date: 2020-09-12 14:38:24.000 (JD=2459105.11)
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, acadia smith and Lily Lau W.W.
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-09-12 14:38:24.000
Flux: 21.38 ABMag
Filter: w-PS1
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/2020vto