TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 244930 [ 2025TNSTR.661....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-02-18 12:03:32
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 2025bxp
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aafwbig
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:35:58.593 (173.9941377) DEC = +44:50:41.27 (44.8447966)
Discovery date: 2025-02-17 07:47:38.996 (JD=2460723.8247569)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-02-17 07:47:38.996
Flux: 19.4651 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-02-04 08:50:09
Limiting flux: 20.7603 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/2025bxp