Discovery certificate for object 2022abpx
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 165679 [ 2022TNSTR3452....1C ]

Date Received (UTC): 2022-11-26 12:50:31
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, H. Gao (IfA, University of Hawaii), K. W. Smith, D. R. Young, J. Gillanders, S. Srivastav, M. Fulton, S. J. Smartt, S. Sim (Queen's University Belfast), D. E. Wright (University of Minnesota) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2022abpx
Discoverer internal name: PS22lvz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:42:41.510 (10.6729590812) DEC = +23:08:51.72 (23.1476991626)
Discovery date: 2022-11-24 08:40:56.064 (JD=2459907.86176)


Remarks: This transient was discovered with the help of citizen science project Supernova Hunters run by Zooniverse. The candidate was identified by volunteers including Robert Pickard, Akihiro Akai and B L Goodwin

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2022-11-24 08:40:56.064
Flux: 21.22 ABMag
Filter: w-P1
Instrument: GPC2
Telescope: Pan-STARRS2

Last non-detection:
Archival info: DSS

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2022abpx