TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 252522 [ 2025TNSTR1530....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-04-24 10:57:55
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 2025igx
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aanzrcx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:09:27.298 (302.3637414) DEC = +10:44:32.17 (10.7422697)
Discovery date: 2025-04-22 10:52:08.996 (JD=2460787.9528819)


Remarks: Bright (m_peak <= 18.5) transient candidate identified autonomously by BTSbot (Rehemtulla et al. 2024; arXiv:2401.15167).

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-04-22 10:52:08.996
Flux: 19.1195 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-04-20 11:22:02
Limiting flux: 19.9353 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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