TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 257760 [ 2025TNSTR2097....1H ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-06-04 15:28:04
Date made public:
Sender: Andrea Reguitti
Reporting Group: None     Discovery Data Source: CRTS

Stan Howerton report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2014ib
Discoverer internal name: PSN J14595947+0154262
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:59:59.470 (224.997792) DEC = +01:54:26.20 (1.907278)
Discovery date: 2014-05-21 04:48:00.000 (JD=2456798.7)

Potential host galaxy: NGC 5806
Host redshift: 0.004493

Remarks: The object is also known as SNHunt 248 (Mauerhan et al. 2015, Kankare et al. 2015).

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2014-05-21 04:48:00.000
Flux: 20.3 VegaMag
Filter: Clear-
Instrument: Other
Telescope: Other

Last non-detection:
Archival info: SDSS

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2014ib