Discovery certificate for object 2020ff
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 57724 [ 2020TNSTR..52....1C ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-05 01:08:59
Sender: Pan-STARRS1 (PS1_Bot1)
Reporting Group: Pan-STARRS     Discovery Data Source: Pan-STARRS

K. C. Chambers, T. de Boer, J. Bulger, J. Fairlamb, M. Huber, C.-C. Lin, T. Lowe, E. Magnier, A. Schultz, R. J. Wainscoat, M. Willman (IfA, University of Hawaii), K. W. Smith, D. R. Young, O. McBrien, J. Gillanders. S. Srivastav, S. J. Smartt, D. O'Neil, P. Clark, S. Sim (Queen's University Belfast), D. E. Wright (University of Minnesota) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2020ff
Discoverer internal name: PS20k
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:19:52.209 (94.9675387187) DEC = +46:42:40.31 (46.7111976299)
Discovery date: 2020-01-02 10:37:55.000 (JD=2458850.9429977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-02 10:37:55.000
Flux: 21.85 ABMag
Filter: w-P1
Instrument: GPC1
Telescope: Pan-STARRS1

Last non-detection:
Archival info: DSS

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2020ff