TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 255480 [ 2025TNSTR1853....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-05-20 05:37:16
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 2025kug
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aaqechq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:04:42.835 (166.1784778) DEC = -06:06:29.54 (-6.108205)
Discovery date: 2025-05-15 04:26:48.001 (JD=2460810.6852778)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-05-15 04:26:48.001
Flux: 19.7041 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-05-11 06:07:37
Limiting flux: 17.6506 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/2025kug