TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 273133 [ 2025TNSTR4104....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-10-13 11:20:25
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Jesper Sollerman (SU), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Daniel Perley (LJMU), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2025aafb
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25abwafjb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:26:03.691 (36.5153796) DEC = +50:50:32.78 (50.8424399)
Discovery date: 2025-10-07 08:14:34.995 (JD=2460955.8434606)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-10-07 08:14:34.995
Flux: 19.4486 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-10-07 05:22:10
Limiting flux: 19.3734 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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