Discovery certificate for object 2020wrd
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 85819 [ 2020TNSTR3129....1C ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-10-15 00:22:39
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, M. Fulton, 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 2020wrd
Discoverer internal name: PS20jhz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:36:35.600 (9.1483317859) DEC = -20:19:44.26 (-20.3289617427)
Discovery date: 2020-10-13 09:01:26.400 (JD=2459135.876)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-10-13 09:01:26.400
Flux: 20.38 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/2020wrd