PSST discovery of a faint transient in NGC 6012
ATel #9106; K. W. Smith, D. Wright, S. J. Smartt, D. R. Young (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 Jun 2016; 16:26 UT
Distributed as an Instant Email Notice Supernovae
Credential Certification: Ken Smith (k.w.smith@qub.ac.uk)
Subjects: Optical, Supernovae, Transient
Referred to by ATel #: 9129
A transient object has been discovered near NGC 6012 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).
Name | PS Name | RA (J2000) | Dec (J2000) | Disc. Date | Disc Mag | Notes
AT2016cpd | PS16cow | 15 54 12.32 | +14 36 23.1 | 20160530 | 20.55 r | (1)
(1) The object is 30.0" from the core of NGC 6012 (z=0.006184). At an assumed distance of 22Mpc, this means an absolute magnitude of M_r = -11.1 (with foreground extinction of A_r = 0.08). This is either a very young supernova, a nova in NGC 6012, or a chance coincidence (foreground/background transient). The object is not present in r-band PS1 exposures 72 days before the reported discovery date. Spectroscopic classification is encouraged.
