TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 247223 [ 2025TNSTR.926....1C ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-03-09 15:41:29
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 2024ahke
Discoverer internal name: PS24owj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:40:56.778 (355.236574054) DEC = +11:02:31.53 (11.0420913014)
Discovery date: 2024-11-23 07:30:25.920 (JD=2460637.8128)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-11-23 07:30:25.920
Flux: 20.88 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/2024ahke