TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 255482 [ 2025TNSTR1853....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-05-20 05:37:59
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 2025kui
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aaqqxfr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:28:09.636 (172.0401483) DEC = -23:28:55.05 (-23.4819597)
Discovery date: 2025-05-09 05:31:24.000 (JD=2460804.7301389)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-05-09 05:31:24.000
Flux: 19.1392 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-05-04 04:03:30
Limiting flux: 18.9446 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/2025kui