TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 246033 [ 2025TNSTR.797....1A ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-02-26 07:44:00
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Eyouel Zewdie Abate (UC Berkeley), 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 2025ctx
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aagduuw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:38:01.640 (144.5068342) DEC = +06:09:54.70 (6.1651939)
Discovery date: 2025-02-20 07:38:27.003 (JD=2460726.8183681)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-02-20 07:38:27.003
Flux: 19.9868 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-02-18 09:51:58
Limiting flux: 19.6864 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/2025ctx