TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 261594 [ 2025TNSTR2572....1C ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-07-05 13:34:58
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 2025qit
Discoverer internal name: PS25emx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:06:50.803 (211.711678234) DEC = +30:28:39.58 (30.4776599117)
Discovery date: 2025-05-29 06:34:47.424 (JD=2460824.77416)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-05-29 06:34:47.424
Flux: 21.66 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/2025qit