TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 247147 [ 2025TNSTR.919....1C ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-03-08 22:04:09
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, A. Schultz, R. J. Wainscoat, G. Paek, P. Minguez (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, S. Sim (Queen's University Belfast) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024ahjt
Discoverer internal name: PS24ovv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:00:30.891 (75.1287117972) DEC = +26:49:14.25 (26.8206255951)
Discovery date: 2024-12-30 05:55:39.072 (JD=2460674.74698)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-30 05:55:39.072
Flux: 20.6 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/2024ahjt