TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 282961 [ 2025TNSTR5197....1C ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-12-28 17:54:20
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 2025aixj
Discoverer internal name: PS25jdr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:58:59.805 (329.749186039) DEC = +01:19:45.60 (1.32933306322)
Discovery date: 2025-09-01 09:54:14.688 (JD=2460919.91267)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-09-01 09:54:14.688
Flux: 21.42 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/2025aixj