TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 246486 [ 2025TNSTR.864....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-03-02 11:09:14
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 2025dcs
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aahqpxn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:40:57.779 (160.2407464) DEC = -18:38:31.88 (-18.6421878)
Discovery date: 2025-02-24 08:03:07.001 (JD=2460730.8354977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-02-24 08:03:07.001
Flux: 20.1858 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-02-23 09:08:46
Limiting flux: 19.9242 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/2025dcs