TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 249437 [ 2025TNSTR1096....1C ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-03-23 11:23:57
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 2025fja
Discoverer internal name: PS25aqg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:47:21.026 (116.837606772) DEC = +43:47:51.32 (43.79758948)
Discovery date: 2025-02-28 06:38:57.984 (JD=2460734.77706)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-02-28 06:38:57.984
Flux: 21.51 ABMag
Filter: w-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/2025fja