TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 260421 [ 2025TNSTR2453....1C ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-06-28 16:12:26
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 2025pfj
Discoverer internal name: PS25drb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:38:28.067 (219.616945524) DEC = +11:41:28.55 (11.6912639416)
Discovery date: 2025-06-24 08:25:03.072 (JD=2460850.85073)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-06-24 08:25:03.072
Flux: 20.84 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/2025pfj