TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 245207 [ 2025TNSTR.697....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-02-20 13:01:48
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 2025cec
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aagbpho
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:49:10.190 (267.2924594) DEC = +79:43:15.99 (79.7211084)
Discovery date: 2025-02-19 11:54:14.996 (JD=2460725.9960069)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-02-19 11:54:14.996
Flux: 19.5961 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-02-18 11:04:06
Limiting flux: 19.2595 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/2025cec