TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 242001 [ 2025TNSTR.282....1T ]
Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-21 20:07:01
Date made public:
Sender: ATLAS_Bot1
Reporting Group: ATLAS Discovery Data Source: ATLAS
J. Tonry, L. Denneau, H. Weiland, R. Siverd (IfA, University of Hawaii), N. Erasmus, W. Koorts (South African Astronomical Observatory), A. Jordan, V. Suc (UAI, Obstech), S. J. Smartt, K. W. Smith (Oxford/QUB), D. R. Young, M. Nicholl, M. Fulton, M. McCollum, T. Moore, J. Weston, X. Sheng, C. R. Angus, A. Wilson, A. Aamer, D. Magill (QUB), P. Ramsden (Birmingham/QUB), L. Shingles (GSI/QUB), S. Srivastav, J. H. Gillanders, H. Stevance, A. J. Cooper, F. Stoppa (Oxford), L. Rhodes (TSI/McGill), A. Rest (STScI), T.-W. Chen (NCU), C. Stubbs (Harvard), J. S. Sommer (LMU), B. P. Schmidt (ANU) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2025za
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS25aqy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:07:39.684 (46.9153485714) DEC = -12:56:06.45 (-12.9351257143)
Discovery date: 2025-01-20 02:00:35.136 (JD=2460695.58374)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-20 02:00:35.136
Flux: 19.225 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-04
Telescope: ATLAS El Sauce
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-01-19 08:04:38
Limiting flux: 19.39 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2025za
Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-21 20:07:01
Date made public:
Sender: ATLAS_Bot1
Reporting Group: ATLAS Discovery Data Source: ATLAS
J. Tonry, L. Denneau, H. Weiland, R. Siverd (IfA, University of Hawaii), N. Erasmus, W. Koorts (South African Astronomical Observatory), A. Jordan, V. Suc (UAI, Obstech), S. J. Smartt, K. W. Smith (Oxford/QUB), D. R. Young, M. Nicholl, M. Fulton, M. McCollum, T. Moore, J. Weston, X. Sheng, C. R. Angus, A. Wilson, A. Aamer, D. Magill (QUB), P. Ramsden (Birmingham/QUB), L. Shingles (GSI/QUB), S. Srivastav, J. H. Gillanders, H. Stevance, A. J. Cooper, F. Stoppa (Oxford), L. Rhodes (TSI/McGill), A. Rest (STScI), T.-W. Chen (NCU), C. Stubbs (Harvard), J. S. Sommer (LMU), B. P. Schmidt (ANU) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2025za
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS25aqy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:07:39.684 (46.9153485714) DEC = -12:56:06.45 (-12.9351257143)
Discovery date: 2025-01-20 02:00:35.136 (JD=2460695.58374)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-20 02:00:35.136
Flux: 19.225 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-04
Telescope: ATLAS El Sauce
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-01-19 08:04:38
Limiting flux: 19.39 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2025za