TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 277897 [ 2025TNSTR4680....1C ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-11-22 00:29:41
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, P. Minguez, G. Paek, A. Schultz, I. A. Smith, R. J. Wainscoat (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 (Queen's University Belfast) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2025aeln
Discoverer internal name: PS25ikp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:09:18.129 (347.325537744) DEC = -20:31:42.61 (-20.5285035747)
Discovery date: 2025-11-16 05:29:25.728 (JD=2460995.72877)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-11-16 05:29:25.728
Flux: 20.25 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/2025aeln