Bright Transient discovered by PSST
ATel #7743; 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 1 Jul 2015; 19:54 UT
Distributed as an Instant Email Notice Supernovae
Credential Certification: Stephen Smartt (s.smartt@qub.ac.uk)
A bright transient, which is a possible supernova or high amplitude galactic variable, 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
PS15baq | 18 36 31.84 | +51 28 31.8 | 20150629 | 17.88 | i | (1)
(1) There is no host source detected in the PS1 i-band reference stack to i~23. The source may be rising slowly (~0.1 mag in day).