TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 246261 [ 2025TNSTR.831....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-02-28 11:48:23
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Daniel Perley (LJMU), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: TDE 2025cyj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aagfhmz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:25:19.826 (141.3326096) DEC = +23:30:09.54 (23.502649)
Discovery date: 2025-02-16 06:35:58.004 (JD=2460722.7749769)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-02-16 06:35:58.004
Flux: 20.0092 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-02-09 09:22:28
Limiting flux: 17.9399 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/2025cyj