TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 255537 [ 2025TNSTR1851....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-05-20 15:42:55
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 2025kvd
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aaqvwgk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:15:17.388 (303.82245) DEC = -12:29:26.61 (-12.490725)
Discovery date: 2025-05-20 10:27:54.000 (JD=2460815.9360417)

Potential host galaxy: LEDA 952071

Remarks: Bright 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/ZTF25aaqvwgk/ https://alerce.online/object/ZTF25aaqvwgk https://antares.noirlab.edu/loci/ANT2025zji4cmog8qs6

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-05-20 10:27:54.000
Flux: 17.145 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-05-16 10:33:46
Limiting flux: 19.326 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/2025kvd