TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 243088 [ 2025TNSTR.442....1Z ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-02-01 09:00:51
Date made public:
Sender: Mi Zhang
Reporting Group: XOSS     Discovery Data Source: XOSS

Mi Zhang, Jianlin Xu, Guoyou Sun, Jiangao Ruan, Jingyuan Zhao, Wenjie Zhou, Yong Ma, Quanzhi Ye, Zhuoyang Chen (Xingming Obs.), Hanjie Tan (AUUK), Guangwei Wu (NAAA), Xing Gao, Ali Esamdin, Chunhai Bai, Yong Wang (XAO), on behalf of the KATS team report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2025aox
Discoverer internal name: KATS25B013
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:58:55.380 (284.73075) DEC = +25:57:06.30 (25.95175)
Discovery date: 2025-01-31 22:54:07.200 (JD=2460707.45425)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J185855.50+255702
Host redshift: 0.02294

Remarks: SN candidate classified by XOSS. Details can be found at http://xjltp.china-vo.org/kats25b013.html

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-31 22:54:07.200
Flux: 16.84 VegaMag
Filter: Clear-
Instrument: Other
Telescope: Other

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: Details can be found at http://xjltp.china-vo.org/kats25b013.html

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