TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 255645 [ 2025TNSTR1877....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-05-21 09:51:24
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 2025kxw
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aaqitds
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:59:44.658 (194.9360751) DEC = +67:33:58.96 (67.5663768)
Discovery date: 2025-05-16 05:29:34.998 (JD=2460811.7288773)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-05-16 05:29:34.998
Flux: 20.0884 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-05-12 07:08:17
Limiting flux: 19.8215 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/2025kxw