TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 265296 [ 2025TNSTR3123....1C ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-08-09 00:23:28
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 2025tkc
Discoverer internal name: PS25gbp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:34:44.445 (323.685189119) DEC = +17:00:13.86 (17.0038501212)
Discovery date: 2025-05-31 14:30:16.704 (JD=2460827.10436)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-05-31 14:30:16.704
Flux: 20.07 ABMag
Filter: z-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/2025tkc