Supernova Hunters Discovery of 24 Optical Transients with Pan-STARRS

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Fulton, M., Smith, K. W., Wright, D. E., Simmons, B., Krawczyk, C., Huber, M., Srivastav, S., Lintott, C., Nicholson, B., Miller, G., Galbany, L., Smartt, S. J., Chambers, K. C., Ince, Robin, Burton, Trent, Burton, Melinda, Gostling, Joanna, McBrien, O. R., Young, D. R., ..., Wals, Jennifer S. 2020. "Supernova Hunters Discovery of 24 Optical Transients with Pan-STARRS." Transient Name Server AstroNote.
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Supernova Hunters Discovery of 24 Optical Transients with Pan-STARRS

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AuthorsFulton, M., Smith, K. W., Wright, D. E., Simmons, B., Krawczyk, C., Huber, M., Srivastav, S., Lintott, C., Nicholson, B., Miller, G., Galbany, L., Smartt, S. J., Chambers, K. C., Ince, Robin, Burton, Trent, Burton, Melinda, Gostling, Joanna, McBrien, O. R., Young, D. R., Gillanders, J., Sim, S., de Boer, T., Bulger, J., Fairlamb, J., Lin, C.-C., Lowe, T., Magnier, E., Schultz, A., Wainscoat, R. J., Willman, M., Chen, T.-W. Chen, Stubbs, C. Stubbs, Rest, A., Dawes, Rachel, Dowthwaite, Liz, Loeschner, Amy, Gage, Neil, Goulbourne, Meryl, Govier, Mark, Kirkland, Christopher G J, Knowles, Victoria, Krawczyk, Henryk, Lekkas, Georgios, McGovern, Safia, Maetschke, David, Masters, Matt, Pawson, Bruce, Smith, Andy and Wals, Jennifer S
Journal TitleTransient Name Server AstroNote
Article Number2020-255
Number of Pages1
Year2020
Web Address (URL)https://www.wis-tns.org/astronotes/astronote/2020-255
AbstractHere we report the discovery of 24 transient objects as part of the Pan-STARRS Survey for Transients (PSST) found by citizen scientists involved in the Supernova Hunters Zooniverse Project. This took place during the Cosmic Shambles Network 24 hour online event - Nine Lessons and Carols for Socially Distanced People on 2020-12-12. This report includes classifications of 1 SN Ia-91bg-like and 1 SN 87A-like object (at the UH 2.2m telescope on Mauna Kea on 2020-12-13) and 1 CV (Liverpool Telescope on 2020-12-12), along with 21 unclassified transients.
KeywordsSupernova; Transient; PS20mca; 2020acly; AT2020acly; AT 2020acly;
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ANZSRC Field of Research 2020510109. Stellar astronomy and planetary systems
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Byline AffiliationsQueen's University Belfast, United Kingdom
University of Minnesota, United States
Lancaster University, United Kingdom
University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Institute for Astronomy, United States
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
University of Granada, Spain
Cosmic Shambles, United Kingdom
Stockholm University, Sweden
Harvard University, United States
Space Telescope Science Institute, United States
Zooniverse, United Kingdom
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