TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 97713 [ 2021TNSTR.243....1C ]
Date Received (UTC): 2021-01-25 12:44:24
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 2021bdi
Discoverer internal name: PS21qr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:31:10.200 (7.79250144288) DEC = +05:38:10.63 (5.63628559687)
Discovery date: 2021-01-05 05:28:19.200 (JD=2459219.728)
Remarks: This transient was discovered with the help of citizen science project Supernova Hunters run by Zooniverse. The candidate was identified by volunteers including ARKA GHOSH, David Maetschke and Dipashri Acharya
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2021-01-05 05:28:19.200
Flux: 21.29 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/2021bdi
Date Received (UTC): 2021-01-25 12:44:24
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 2021bdi
Discoverer internal name: PS21qr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:31:10.200 (7.79250144288) DEC = +05:38:10.63 (5.63628559687)
Discovery date: 2021-01-05 05:28:19.200 (JD=2459219.728)
Remarks: This transient was discovered with the help of citizen science project Supernova Hunters run by Zooniverse. The candidate was identified by volunteers including ARKA GHOSH, David Maetschke and Dipashri Acharya
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2021-01-05 05:28:19.200
Flux: 21.29 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/2021bdi