TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 254096 [ 2025TNSTR1675....1C ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-05-05 16:32:27
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 2025jtj
Discoverer internal name: PS25cfa
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:08:17.857 (197.074403798) DEC = +10:46:08.52 (10.7690335046)
Discovery date: 2025-01-25 13:49:03.072 (JD=2460701.07573)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-25 13:49:03.072
Flux: 20.98 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/2025jtj