TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 255642 [ 2025TNSTR1877....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-05-21 09:50:55
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: SN 2025kxt
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aaqyaob
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:29:39.480 (262.4145006) DEC = -11:03:13.91 (-11.0538651)
Discovery date: 2025-05-21 06:36:40.003 (JD=2460816.775463)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-05-21 06:36:40.003
Flux: 19.1158 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-05-16 10:20:17
Limiting flux: 19.4645 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/2025kxt