TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 240395 [ 2025TNSTR..49....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-04 07:12:42
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 2025ar
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aaabfku
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:16:55.719 (64.2321621) DEC = -09:01:56.97 (-9.0324924)
Discovery date: 2025-01-02 05:03:57.000 (JD=2460677.7110764)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-02 05:03:57.000
Flux: 19.908 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-30 05:18:32
Limiting flux: 19.994 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/2025ar