TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 286848 [ 2026TNSTR.146....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-01-13 10:34:16
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 2025alkt
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aadwelq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:06:15.776 (151.5657332) DEC = +08:35:08.48 (8.585689)
Discovery date: 2025-11-24 13:00:35.997 (JD=2461004.0420833)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-11-24 13:00:35.997
Flux: 20.3463 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-11-24 10:53:07
Limiting flux: 20.2604 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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