Bright Transient discovered by PSST
ATel #7723; D. Wright, K. W. Smith, 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 27 Jun 2015; 17:02 UT
Distributed as an Instant Email Notice Supernovae
Credential Certification: Stephen Smartt (s.smartt@qub.ac.uk)
Subjects: Optical, Cataclysmic Variable, Nova, Supernovae, Transient, Variables
Referred to by ATel #: 7757
A bright transient, which is either a high amplitude galactic variable or supernova in a faint host galaxy, has 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
PS15ayb | 21 20 28.08 | +31 11 09.8 | 20150625 | 16.78 | z | (1)
(1) The object appears coincident with a faint source in the PS1 z-band reference stack. The source appears extended, and a possible faint galaxy. There is a faint GALEX source (3 sigma significance) catalogued in NED which is 1.7 arcsec from the PS1 position and is probably the same faint host source (GALEXASC J212028.21+311109.7)
