TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 292781 [ 2026TNSTR.780....1C ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-02-24 16:38:01
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 2025altg
Discoverer internal name: PS25mzd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:08:58.777 (347.244905526) DEC = -08:18:42.13 (-8.31170218414)
Discovery date: 2025-11-16 05:42:50.112 (JD=2460995.73808)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-11-16 05:42:50.112
Flux: 21.97 ABMag
Filter: w-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/2025altg