TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 251517 [ 2025TNSTR1367....1C ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-04-12 23:12:42
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, A. Schultz, R. J. Wainscoat, G. Paek, P. Minguez (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, S. Sim (Queen's University Belfast) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2025hgx
Discoverer internal name: PS25bgs
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:29:52.092 (247.467049389) DEC = +27:57:19.94 (27.9555398369)
Discovery date: 2025-04-09 11:41:55.680 (JD=2460774.98745)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-04-09 11:41:55.680
Flux: 20.26 ABMag
Filter: i-P1
Instrument: GPC1
Telescope: Pan-STARRS1

Last non-detection:
Archival info: DSS

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://sandbox.wis-tns.org/object/2025hgx