TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 291551 [ 2026TNSTR.663....1C ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-02-16 16:02:43
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 2025alsk
Discoverer internal name: PS20qe
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:55:40.396 (148.918318351) DEC = +05:08:54.15 (5.14837543027)
Discovery date: 2025-11-15 12:22:48.576 (JD=2460995.01584)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-11-15 12:22:48.576
Flux: 19.4 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/2025alsk