Probable Bright Supernovae discovered by PSST

ATel #7488; 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 9 May 2015; 23:41 UT
Distributed as an Instant Email Notice Supernovae
Credential Certification: Ken Smith (k.w.smith@qub.ac.uk)

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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 
PS15aip | 13 21 55.23 | +35 21 32.0 |  20150502  |  17.46   |   i    |  (1) 
PS15ajh | 15 38 29.86 | +27 17 56.1 |  20150508  |  18.06   |   r    |  (2) 

(1) NED reports that the likely host (2.04 arcsec away) is KUG 1319+356 with spectroscopic z=0.019477. (2) SDSS DR12 reports that the likely host (5.11 arcsec away) is SDSS J153829.54+271753.2 with spectroscopic z=0.03228.