TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 161740 [ 2022TNSTR3004....1C ]
Date Received (UTC): 2022-10-16 11:16:25
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 2022xro
Discoverer internal name: PS22kim
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:04:11.304 (346.047098012) DEC = +30:27:29.52 (30.4582008922)
Discovery date: 2022-10-14 09:15:58.176 (JD=2459866.88609)
Remarks: This transient was discovered with the help of citizen science project Supernova Hunters run by Zooniverse. The candidate was identified by volunteers including Cledison Marcos da Silva, Henryk Krawczyk and Pritam Raikar
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2022-10-14 09:15:58.176
Flux: 20.64 ABMag
Filter: i-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/2022xro
Date Received (UTC): 2022-10-16 11:16:25
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 2022xro
Discoverer internal name: PS22kim
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:04:11.304 (346.047098012) DEC = +30:27:29.52 (30.4582008922)
Discovery date: 2022-10-14 09:15:58.176 (JD=2459866.88609)
Remarks: This transient was discovered with the help of citizen science project Supernova Hunters run by Zooniverse. The candidate was identified by volunteers including Cledison Marcos da Silva, Henryk Krawczyk and Pritam Raikar
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2022-10-14 09:15:58.176
Flux: 20.64 ABMag
Filter: i-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/2022xro