TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 269715 [ 2025TNSTR3655....1C ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-09-11 11:21:00
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 2025xfz
Discoverer internal name: PS25hkl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:05:43.367 (16.4306945392) DEC = +20:23:10.48 (20.3862445545)
Discovery date: 2025-08-18 12:06:04.608 (JD=2460906.00422)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-08-18 12:06:04.608
Flux: 20.72 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/2025xfz