TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 256851 [ 2025TNSTR1972....1C ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-05-26 21:54:10
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 (Queen's University Belfast) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2025mbv
Discoverer internal name: PS25cyc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:57:27.836 (314.365984613) DEC = +18:47:59.95 (18.7999858981)
Discovery date: 2025-05-24 13:17:24.864 (JD=2460820.05376)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-05-24 13:17:24.864
Flux: 21.18 ABMag
Filter: w-P1
Instrument: GPC1
Telescope: Pan-STARRS1

Last non-detection:
Archival info: DSS

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2025mbv