TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 247524 [ 2025TNSTR.940....1C ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-03-10 00:08:17
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 2024ahrk
Discoverer internal name: PS24pex
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:45:07.751 (26.2822947662) DEC = +07:10:04.43 (7.16789590836)
Discovery date: 2024-12-20 06:38:42.432 (JD=2460664.77688)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-20 06:38:42.432
Flux: 19.99 ABMag
Filter: i-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/2024ahrk