TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 288536 [ 2026TNSTR.303....1C ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-01-23 14:17:03
Date made public:
Sender: PS1_Bot1
Reporting Group: Pan-STARRS     Discovery Data Source: Pan-STARRS

K. C. Chambers, T. de Boer, J. Fairlamb, M. Huber, C.-C. Lin, T. Lowe, E. Magnier, P. Minguez, G. Paek, A. Schultz, I. A. Smith, R. J. Wainscoat (IfA, University of Hawaii), S. J. Smartt, K. W. Smith (University of Oxford / Queen's University Belfast), S. Srivastav (University of Oxford), D. R. Young, M. Fulton, M. Nicholl, T. Moore, J. Weston, C. R. Angus, A. J. Smith (Queen's University Belfast) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2025aloy
Discoverer internal name: PS25mtv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:39:18.641 (144.827670989) DEC = -03:48:19.43 (-3.80539806738)
Discovery date: 2025-11-15 12:37:53.184 (JD=2460995.02631)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-11-15 12:37:53.184
Flux: 19.83 ABMag
Filter: i-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/2025aloy