TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 251318 [ 2025TNSTR1340....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-04-09 12:26:22
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 2025hcb
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aamgtxu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:17:39.604 (244.4150163) DEC = -08:03:00.05 (-8.0500136)
Discovery date: 2025-03-25 09:21:33.001 (JD=2460759.8899653)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-03-25 09:21:33.001
Flux: 20.1907 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-03-24 12:40:45
Limiting flux: 20.0641 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/2025hcb