Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 26-Sep-2023)

Result of query: info cati PSN$

Details on Acronym:   PSN
  
PSN    (Possible SN)
 Write:<<PSN  AYYMM-NNN>>  

        <<PSN  JHHMMSSss+DDMMSSs>>
Object:Possible SN  (SIMBAD class: Supernova_Candidate = SuperNova Candidate)
  Note:CBAT Possible SN work.    Search for SNe in the UDF, UDFP, and IRUDF.    A provisional site is described in 2004, IAUC 8335.    2006AJ....131.1629S: first ref. with a PSN object.
    Since 2011 January 1, cf. the "CBAT Transient Objects    Confirmation Page":    http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/tocp.html    
    See also PNV, TCP.
   Ref:=2006AJ....131.1629S
     bySTROLGER L.-G.
, RIESS A.G.
 Astron. J., 131, 1629-1638 (2006)

    The deepest supernova search is realized in the Hubble Ultra Deep
    Field survey.
oTable 3: <PSN AYYMM-NNN> N=1.
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)