TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 247215 [ 2025TNSTR.926....1C ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-03-09 15:36:34
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 2024ahjz
Discoverer internal name: PS24owb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:41:48.387 (355.451611811) DEC = +08:29:48.32 (8.49675572083)
Discovery date: 2024-12-03 06:46:55.776 (JD=2460647.78259)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-03 06:46:55.776
Flux: 21.55 ABMag
Filter: w-P1
Instrument: GPC1
Telescope: Pan-STARRS1

Last non-detection:
Archival info: DSS

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024ahjz