Discovery certificate for object 2020psl
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 77924 [ 2020TNSTR2186....1C ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-07-19 17:50:19
Sender: Pan-STARRS2 (PS2_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'Neill, 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 2020psl
Discoverer internal name: PS20fzx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:04:34.757 (1.14481910847) DEC = +12:36:33.98 (12.6094391495)
Discovery date: 2020-07-18 12:31:40.800 (JD=2459049.022)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-07-18 12:31:40.800
Flux: 20.9 ABMag
Filter: w-P1
Instrument: GPC2
Telescope: Pan-STARRS2

Last non-detection:
Archival info: DSS

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