Discovery certificate for object 2021bca
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 97659 [ 2021TNSTR.243....1C ]

Date Received (UTC): 2021-01-25 10:29:46
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, 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 2021bca
Discoverer internal name: PS21ov
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:39:47.982 (144.949923227) DEC = -07:10:25.66 (-7.17379372615)
Discovery date: 2021-01-21 11:28:19.200 (JD=2459235.978)


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, Elisabeth Baeten and B L Goodwin

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2021-01-21 11:28:19.200
Flux: 20.62 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/2021bca