TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 261138 [ 2025TNSTR2511....1C ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-07-01 19:39:47
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 2025pyt
Discoverer internal name: PS25ehd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:48:31.894 (237.132893691) DEC = -20:08:42.84 (-20.1452321185)
Discovery date: 2025-06-22 08:16:07.392 (JD=2460848.84453)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-06-22 08:16:07.392
Flux: 21.47 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/2025pyt