TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 282971 [ 2025TNSTR5197....1C ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-12-28 17:56:11
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 2025aixr
Discoverer internal name: PS25jeb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:18:33.704 (244.640433527) DEC = +13:39:41.21 (13.6614458756)
Discovery date: 2025-07-20 08:39:38.304 (JD=2460876.86086)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-07-20 08:39:38.304
Flux: 21.01 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/2025aixr