TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 267510 [ 2025TNSTR3350....1T ]
Date Received (UTC): 2025-08-24 13:51:56
Date made public:
Sender: ATLAS_Bot1
Reporting Group: ATLAS Discovery Data Source: ATLAS
J. Tonry, L. Denneau, H. Weiland, R. Siverd (IfA, University of Hawaii), N. Erasmus, W. Koorts (South African Astronomical Observatory), A. Jordan, V. Suc (UAI, Obstech), M. R. Alarcón, J. Licandro, P. Nichita (IAC), S. J. Smartt, K. W. Smith (Oxford/QUB), D. R. Young, M. Nicholl, M. Fulton, M. McCollum, T. Moore, J. Weston, X. Sheng, C. R. Angus, A. Wilson, A. Aamer, D. Magill (QUB), P. Ramsden (Birmingham/QUB), L. Shingles (GSI/QUB), S. Srivastav, J. H. Gillanders, H. Stevance, A. J. Cooper, F. Stoppa, J. Tweddle (Oxford), L. Rhodes (TSI/McGill), A. Rest (STScI), T.-W. Chen (NCU), C. Stubbs (Harvard), J. S. Sommer (LMU), B. P. Schmidt (ANU) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2025vhk
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS25kib
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:49:30.339 (342.376413333) DEC = -15:43:56.28 (-15.7323)
Discovery date: 2025-08-24 07:21:58.752 (JD=2460911.80693)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-08-24 07:21:58.752
Flux: 19.674 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-08-21 02:40:31
Limiting flux: 19.92 ABMag
Filter: wide-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-05
Telescope: ATLAS Teide Tenerife
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2025vhk
Date Received (UTC): 2025-08-24 13:51:56
Date made public:
Sender: ATLAS_Bot1
Reporting Group: ATLAS Discovery Data Source: ATLAS
J. Tonry, L. Denneau, H. Weiland, R. Siverd (IfA, University of Hawaii), N. Erasmus, W. Koorts (South African Astronomical Observatory), A. Jordan, V. Suc (UAI, Obstech), M. R. Alarcón, J. Licandro, P. Nichita (IAC), S. J. Smartt, K. W. Smith (Oxford/QUB), D. R. Young, M. Nicholl, M. Fulton, M. McCollum, T. Moore, J. Weston, X. Sheng, C. R. Angus, A. Wilson, A. Aamer, D. Magill (QUB), P. Ramsden (Birmingham/QUB), L. Shingles (GSI/QUB), S. Srivastav, J. H. Gillanders, H. Stevance, A. J. Cooper, F. Stoppa, J. Tweddle (Oxford), L. Rhodes (TSI/McGill), A. Rest (STScI), T.-W. Chen (NCU), C. Stubbs (Harvard), J. S. Sommer (LMU), B. P. Schmidt (ANU) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2025vhk
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS25kib
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:49:30.339 (342.376413333) DEC = -15:43:56.28 (-15.7323)
Discovery date: 2025-08-24 07:21:58.752 (JD=2460911.80693)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-08-24 07:21:58.752
Flux: 19.674 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-08-21 02:40:31
Limiting flux: 19.92 ABMag
Filter: wide-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-05
Telescope: ATLAS Teide Tenerife
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2025vhk