TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 240533 [ 2025TNSTR..79....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-06 05:31:30
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Nabeel Rehemtulla (CIERA, NU), 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 2025cu
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aaaluwi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:03:13.627 (60.8067809) DEC = +35:03:40.26 (35.0611835)
Discovery date: 2025-01-04 04:44:36.000 (JD=2460679.6976389)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-04 04:44:36.000
Flux: 20.0504 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-01-02 06:09:16
Limiting flux: 20.4029 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/2025cu