TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 197240 [ 2023TNSTR3350....1C ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-12-23 15:54:12
Date made public:
Sender: PS1_Bot1
Reporting Group: Pan-STARRS     Discovery Data Source: Pan-STARRS

K. C. Chambers, T. de Boer, J. Herman, J. Fairlamb, M. Huber, C.-C. Lin, T. Lowe, E. Magnier, A. Schultz, R. J. Wainscoat, H. Gao, P. Minguez (IfA, University of Hawaii), K. W. Smith, D. R. Young, S. Srivastav, M. Fulton, S. J. Smartt, T. Moore, J. Weston, S. Sim (Queen's University Belfast), D. E. Wright (University of Minnesota) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2023aawr
Discoverer internal name: PS23mhx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:43:44.289 (70.9345389532) DEC = -23:29:38.44 (-23.4940098336)
Discovery date: 2023-10-06 13:27:46.080 (JD=2460224.06095)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2023-10-06 13:27:46.080
Flux: 21.04 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/2023aawr