TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 243851 [ 2025TNSTR.551....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-02-09 19:51:04
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_MMA_bot
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Viraj Karambelkar (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2025bcx
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aafisft
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:29:24.544 (7.3522661) DEC = +38:41:25.36 (38.6903768)
Discovery date: 2025-02-08 03:18:17.997 (JD=2460714.6377083)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-02-08 03:18:17.997
Flux: 20.7516 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-02-02 03:53:51
Limiting flux: 19.7029 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/2025bcx