TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 252075 [ 2025TNSTR1451....1C ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-04-20 18:42:33
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 2025hum
Discoverer internal name: PS25bmj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:49:54.919 (177.478828542) DEC = +02:08:09.71 (2.13603130295)
Discovery date: 2025-02-20 13:11:15.936 (JD=2460727.04949)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-02-20 13:11:15.936
Flux: 21.5 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/2025hum