TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 116709 [ 2021TNSTR2375....1C ]
Date Received (UTC): 2021-07-09 01:00:28
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 2021ssh
Discoverer internal name: PS21hqy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:09:19.567 (302.331530866) DEC = -02:13:47.07 (-2.22974205795)
Discovery date: 2021-06-07 12:53:16.800 (JD=2459373.037)
Remarks: This transient was discovered with the help of citizen science project Supernova Hunters run by Zooniverse.
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2021-06-07 12:53:16.800
Flux: 22.09 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/2021ssh
Date Received (UTC): 2021-07-09 01:00:28
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 2021ssh
Discoverer internal name: PS21hqy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:09:19.567 (302.331530866) DEC = -02:13:47.07 (-2.22974205795)
Discovery date: 2021-06-07 12:53:16.800 (JD=2459373.037)
Remarks: This transient was discovered with the help of citizen science project Supernova Hunters run by Zooniverse.
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2021-06-07 12:53:16.800
Flux: 22.09 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/2021ssh