TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 254616 [ 2025TNSTR1726....1P ]
Date Received (UTC): 2025-05-09 06:46:58
Date made public:
Sender: Ismael Perez-Fournon
Reporting Group: SGLF Discovery Data Source: ZTF
I. Pérez-Fournon (IAC and ULL), D. Cano-Morales, I. Correa-Plasencia, A.E. Hernández-Díaz, C. Jaén-Martín (ULL), F. Poidevin (IAC and ULL), E. Hatziminaoglou (ESO and IAC), C. Jiménez Ángel (GRANTECAN), Z. Delgado-González (ULL), R. Shirley (MPE), R. Marques-Chaves (Univ. of Geneva), and S. Geier (GRANTECAN & IAC) on behalf of SGLF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: SN 2025kfa
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aaptbyd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:22:46.389 (200.693287) DEC = -23:55:39.75 (-23.927708)
Discovery date: 2025-05-09 05:46:53.000 (JD=2460804.7408912)
Potential host galaxy: LEDA 158816
Host redshift: 0.043477
Remarks: SN candidate discovered using the public ZTF alerts, the LSST/ZTF brokers, and our SGLF filters. ZTF light curve available at the LSST/ZTF brokers, e.g.: https://lasair-ztf.lsst.ac.uk/objects/ZTF25aaptbyd/ https://alerce.online/object/ZTF25aaptbyd https://antares.noirlab.edu/loci/ANT2025cjhdg6yf6zic
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-05-09 05:46:53.000
Flux: 18.2 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-05-03 06:32:10
Limiting flux: 20.064 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/2025kfa
Date Received (UTC): 2025-05-09 06:46:58
Date made public:
Sender: Ismael Perez-Fournon
Reporting Group: SGLF Discovery Data Source: ZTF
I. Pérez-Fournon (IAC and ULL), D. Cano-Morales, I. Correa-Plasencia, A.E. Hernández-Díaz, C. Jaén-Martín (ULL), F. Poidevin (IAC and ULL), E. Hatziminaoglou (ESO and IAC), C. Jiménez Ángel (GRANTECAN), Z. Delgado-González (ULL), R. Shirley (MPE), R. Marques-Chaves (Univ. of Geneva), and S. Geier (GRANTECAN & IAC) on behalf of SGLF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: SN 2025kfa
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aaptbyd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:22:46.389 (200.693287) DEC = -23:55:39.75 (-23.927708)
Discovery date: 2025-05-09 05:46:53.000 (JD=2460804.7408912)
Potential host galaxy: LEDA 158816
Host redshift: 0.043477
Remarks: SN candidate discovered using the public ZTF alerts, the LSST/ZTF brokers, and our SGLF filters. ZTF light curve available at the LSST/ZTF brokers, e.g.: https://lasair-ztf.lsst.ac.uk/objects/ZTF25aaptbyd/ https://alerce.online/object/ZTF25aaptbyd https://antares.noirlab.edu/loci/ANT2025cjhdg6yf6zic
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-05-09 05:46:53.000
Flux: 18.2 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-05-03 06:32:10
Limiting flux: 20.064 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/2025kfa