TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 250706 [ 2025TNSTR1256....1C ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-04-03 12:00:21
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 2025gqd
Discoverer internal name: PS25bbw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:17:28.753 (139.369803782) DEC = +28:56:13.32 (28.9370319821)
Discovery date: 2025-02-05 08:36:21.312 (JD=2460711.85858)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-02-05 08:36:21.312
Flux: 21.33 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/2025gqd