TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 247376 [ 2025TNSTR.926....1C ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-03-09 22:19:02
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 2024ahnq
Discoverer internal name: PS24paj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:56:04.497 (59.0187378459) DEC = -19:34:35.27 (-19.5764642937)
Discovery date: 2024-12-02 09:12:57.600 (JD=2460646.884)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-02 09:12:57.600
Flux: 20.56 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/2024ahnq