TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 250503 [ 2025TNSTR1232....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-04-01 18:59:25
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: AT 2025gkc
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aaajzzp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:08:12.375 (167.0515617) DEC = +43:57:41.48 (43.9615215)
Discovery date: 2025-02-22 06:44:00.997 (JD=2460728.7805671)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-02-22 06:44:00.997
Flux: 19.7832 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-02-21 09:23:24
Limiting flux: 19.5483 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2025gkc