TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 268326 [ 2025TNSTR3431....1T ]
Date Received (UTC): 2025-08-29 07:18:58
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 2025wci
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS25kql
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:31:29.476 (232.872818) DEC = -40:11:01.20 (-40.183668)
Discovery date: 2025-08-27 17:30:09.792 (JD=2460915.22928)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-08-27 17:30:09.792
Flux: 18.839 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-03
Telescope: ATLAS Sutherland
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-08-21 00:05:21
Limiting flux: 19.48 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-04
Telescope: ATLAS El Sauce
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2025wci
Date Received (UTC): 2025-08-29 07:18:58
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 2025wci
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS25kql
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:31:29.476 (232.872818) DEC = -40:11:01.20 (-40.183668)
Discovery date: 2025-08-27 17:30:09.792 (JD=2460915.22928)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-08-27 17:30:09.792
Flux: 18.839 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-03
Telescope: ATLAS Sutherland
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-08-21 00:05:21
Limiting flux: 19.48 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-04
Telescope: ATLAS El Sauce
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2025wci