TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 254407 [ 2025TNSTR1698....1C ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-05-07 22:25:00
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 2025jzq
Discoverer internal name: PS25clv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:40:11.409 (40.0475364428) DEC = +13:44:50.16 (13.7472661509)
Discovery date: 2025-02-16 05:39:01.152 (JD=2460722.73543)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-02-16 05:39:01.152
Flux: 20.33 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/2025jzq