TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 116533 [ 2021TNSTR2363....1C ]
Date Received (UTC): 2021-07-08 12:36:22
Date made public:
Sender: 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 2021smr
Discoverer internal name: PS21hmu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:53:03.997 (313.266655761) DEC = -00:04:10.20 (-0.0694995232758)
Discovery date: 2021-07-05 10:20:38.400 (JD=2459400.931)
Remarks: This transient was discovered with the help of citizen science project Supernova Hunters run by Zooniverse. The candidate was identified by volunteers including Rosemary Billington, B L Goodwin and Valmir Martins de Morais
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2021-07-05 10:20:38.400
Flux: 21.43 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/2021smr
Date Received (UTC): 2021-07-08 12:36:22
Date made public:
Sender: 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 2021smr
Discoverer internal name: PS21hmu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:53:03.997 (313.266655761) DEC = -00:04:10.20 (-0.0694995232758)
Discovery date: 2021-07-05 10:20:38.400 (JD=2459400.931)
Remarks: This transient was discovered with the help of citizen science project Supernova Hunters run by Zooniverse. The candidate was identified by volunteers including Rosemary Billington, B L Goodwin and Valmir Martins de Morais
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2021-07-05 10:20:38.400
Flux: 21.43 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/2021smr