TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 281207 [ 2025TNSTR5032....1T ]
Date Received (UTC): 2025-12-18 12:03:42
Date made public:
Sender: ATLAS_Bot1
Reporting Group: ATLAS Discovery Data Source: ATLAS
J. Tonry, L. Denneau, H. Weiland (IfA, University of Hawaii), N. Erasmus, W. Koorts (South African Astronomical Observatory), A. Jordan, V. Suc (UAI, Obstech), M. R. Alarcón, J. Licandro, P. Nichita (IAC), S. J. Smartt, K. W. Smith (Oxford/QUB), D. R. Young, M. Nicholl, M. Fulton, M. McCollum, T. Moore, J. Weston, X. Sheng, C. R. Angus, A. Wilson, A. Aamer, D. Magill, P. J. Broda, A. J. Smith (QUB), P. Ramsden (Birmingham/QUB), L. Shingles (GSI/QUB), S. Srivastav, J. H. Gillanders, H. Stevance, A. J. Cooper, F. Stoppa, J. Tweddle, L. Eastman (Oxford), L. Rhodes (TSI/McGill), A. Rest (STScI), T.-W. Chen (NCU), C. Stubbs (Harvard), J. S. Sommer (LMU), B. P. Schmidt (ANU) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2025ahkz
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS25pvz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:13:41.278 (33.4219933333) DEC = -22:17:32.82 (-22.29245)
Discovery date: 2025-12-18 08:50:58.272 (JD=2461027.86873)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-12-18 08:50:58.272
Flux: 19.047 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-12-15 21:37:54
Limiting flux: 19.61 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-03
Telescope: ATLAS Sutherland
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2025ahkz
Date Received (UTC): 2025-12-18 12:03:42
Date made public:
Sender: ATLAS_Bot1
Reporting Group: ATLAS Discovery Data Source: ATLAS
J. Tonry, L. Denneau, H. Weiland (IfA, University of Hawaii), N. Erasmus, W. Koorts (South African Astronomical Observatory), A. Jordan, V. Suc (UAI, Obstech), M. R. Alarcón, J. Licandro, P. Nichita (IAC), S. J. Smartt, K. W. Smith (Oxford/QUB), D. R. Young, M. Nicholl, M. Fulton, M. McCollum, T. Moore, J. Weston, X. Sheng, C. R. Angus, A. Wilson, A. Aamer, D. Magill, P. J. Broda, A. J. Smith (QUB), P. Ramsden (Birmingham/QUB), L. Shingles (GSI/QUB), S. Srivastav, J. H. Gillanders, H. Stevance, A. J. Cooper, F. Stoppa, J. Tweddle, L. Eastman (Oxford), L. Rhodes (TSI/McGill), A. Rest (STScI), T.-W. Chen (NCU), C. Stubbs (Harvard), J. S. Sommer (LMU), B. P. Schmidt (ANU) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2025ahkz
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS25pvz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:13:41.278 (33.4219933333) DEC = -22:17:32.82 (-22.29245)
Discovery date: 2025-12-18 08:50:58.272 (JD=2461027.86873)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-12-18 08:50:58.272
Flux: 19.047 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-12-15 21:37:54
Limiting flux: 19.61 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-03
Telescope: ATLAS Sutherland
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2025ahkz