TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 165699 [ 2022TNSTR3452....1C ]

Date Received (UTC): 2022-11-26 13:04:21
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, 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 2022abqp
Discoverer internal name: PS22lwt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:17:33.205 (4.3883553002) DEC = +24:01:31.29 (24.0253594084)
Discovery date: 2022-11-24 08:30:46.080 (JD=2459907.8547)


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, Robert Pickard and Akihiro Akai

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2022-11-24 08:30:46.080
Flux: 20.97 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/2022abqp