TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 226888 [ 2024TNSTR3716....1C ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-26 21:47:44
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, M. Nicholl, T. Moore, J. Weston, C. R. Angus, S. Sim (Queen's University Belfast), D. E. Wright (University of Minnesota) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024wqs
Discoverer internal name: PS24jfg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:18:56.988 (19.7374503476) DEC = -00:51:59.30 (-0.866472901401)
Discovery date: 2024-09-23 10:59:51.072 (JD=2460576.95823)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-23 10:59:51.072
Flux: 20.96 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/2024wqs