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Probable Bright Supernovae discovered by PSST

ATel #7212; K. W. Smith, D. Wright, S. J. Smartt (Queen's University Belfast), M. Huber, K. C. Chambers, H. Flewelling, M. Willman, N. Primak, A. Schultz, B. Gibson, E. Magnier, C. Waters, J. Tonry, R. J. Wainscoat (IfA, Hawaii), R. J. Foley (Illinois), S. W. Jha (Rutgers), A. Rest (STScI), D. Scolnic (Chicago/KICP)
on 12 Mar 2015; 15:24 UT
Distributed as an Instant Email Notice Supernovae
Credential Certification: Stephen Smartt (s.smartt@qub.ac.uk)

Subjects: Optical, Supernovae

Two bright transients, which are probable supernovae, have been discovered as part of the Pan-STARRS Survey for Transients (PSST). Information on all objects discovered by the Pan-STARRS Survey for Transients is available at http://star.pst.qub.ac.uk/ps1threepi/ (see Huber et al. ATel #7153). We will send all objects brighter than 18 mag as ATel alerts, while all other objects can be found on these webpages.

 
Name    | RA (J2000)  | Dec (J2000) | Disc. Date | Disc Mag | filter | Notes 
PS15me  | 09 54 00.39 | -21 17 45.2 |  20150310  |   17.07  |   i    | (1) 
PS15mb  | 08 59 40.13 | +15 11 12.4 |  20150310  |   17.01  |   w    | SDSS host with z=0.0287 (spectroscopic) 

(1) The object is possibly associated with a background galaxy, which extends behind the foreground r=15.17 mag star 6.92 arcsec away from the target.