TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 243760 [ 2025TNSTR.542....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-02-08 07:44:26
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 2025bbg
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aaffxrh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:12:57.058 (348.2377423) DEC = +13:31:12.40 (13.5201108)
Discovery date: 2025-02-05 02:31:09.001 (JD=2460711.6049653)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-02-05 02:31:09.001
Flux: 19.1963 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-01-23 02:47:01
Limiting flux: 18.774 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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