TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 255456 [ 2025TNSTR1837....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-05-19 17:09:21
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), 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: AT 2025kts
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aaqoxob
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:40:28.233 (220.117638) DEC = +37:13:40.23 (37.227842)
Discovery date: 2025-05-19 07:45:43.000 (JD=2460814.8234144)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J144028.22+371341.3
Host redshift: 0.09587666

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/ZTF25aaqoxob/ https://alerce.online/object/ZTF25aaqoxob https://antares.noirlab.edu/loci/ANT2025tfvab0yqn8gn

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-05-19 07:45:43.000
Flux: 19.902 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-05-15 06:57:49
Limiting flux: 20.133 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/2025kts