TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 244981 [ 2025TNSTR.679....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-02-19 07:27:29
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 2025byx
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aafzhhx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:45:39.362 (146.4140082) DEC = -02:16:22.17 (-2.2728247)
Discovery date: 2025-02-04 08:33:44.003 (JD=2460710.8567593)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-02-04 08:33:44.003
Flux: 20.814 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-01-30 08:33:44
Limiting flux: 19.9639 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/2025byx