Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 22-Mar-2024)

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Details on Acronym:   PS1
  
PS1 (Pan-STARRS Telescope #1)
Write:<<PS1 -YYMMNNN>>
<<PS1 -YYNNNNN>>
<<PS1 -YYaaa>>
<<PS1 YYMMNNN>> (not recognised by Simbad, but found in literature)
Object:Opt. Transient  (SIMBAD class: Unknown = Object of Unknown Nature)
Note:Pan-STARRS1 telescope detection of transient events.
See the Pan-STARRS PS1 Science Consortium website: http://www.ps1sc.org/
See also http://ipp0012.ifa.hawaii.edu/transients/ for lists of the confirmed and candidate events.
Only the first references citing PS1 transients are given here.
Rem:(a dash between the acronym and its contents is found in the literature)
Ref:=2009ATel.2214....1N
byNARAYAN G. , REST A., FOLEY R., HUBER M.
 ATel, 2214, 1-1 (2009)
  Discovery and classification of Pan-STARRS transient PS10909006.
o<PS1-YYMMNNN> N=1.
Ref:=2009ATel.2229....1H
byHUBER M. , NARAYAN G., BERGER E., REST A., FOLEY R., WOOD-VASEY M., RIESS A., STUBBS C., KIRSHNER R., TONRY J., PRICE P.
 ATel, 2229, 1-1 (2009)
  Discovery and classification of Pan-STARRS transient PS10909010.
o<PS1-YYMMNNN> N=1.
Ref:=2009ATel.2249....1Y
byYOUNG D. , VALENTI S., REST A., NARAYAN G., HUBER M., GEZARI S., RODNEY S., TRUNDLE C., SMITH K., SMARTT S., PRICE P., STUBBS C., TONRY J., RIESS A., WOOD-VASEY W.M., BOTTICELLA M.T., PASTORELLO A., KOTAK R., FRASER M., HUNTER D., MAGUIRE K., FOLEY R.
 ATel, 2249, 1-1 (2009)
  Discovery of supernovae in the PS1 sky survey.
o<PS1-YYMMNNN> N=9.
Ref:=2011ApJ...743..114C
byCHOMIUK L. , CHORNOCK R., SODERBERG A.M., BERGER E., CHEVALIER R.A., FOLEY R.J., HUBER M.E., NARAYAN G., REST A., GEZARI S., KIRSHNER R.P., RIESS A., RODNEY S.A., SMARTT S.J., STUBBS C.W., TONRY J.L., WOOD-VASEY W.M., BURGETT W.S., CHAMBERS K.C., CZEKALA I., FLEWELLING H., FORSTER K., KAISER N., KUDRITZKI R.-P., MAGNIER E.A., MARTIN D.C., MORGAN J.S., NEILL J.D., PRICE P.A., ROTH K.C., SANDERS N.E., WAINSCOAT R.J.
 Astrophys. J., 743, 114 (2011)
  Pan-STARRS1 discovery of two ultraluminous supernovae at z ~ 0.9.
o<PS1-YYaaa> (Nos 10awh, 10ky).
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)

Details on Acronym:   PS1
  
PS1 (Pan-STARRS Telescope #1)
***** Avoid the usage of PS1, prefer PSO
Originof the Acronym: L = Found in the literature