TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 256631 [ 2025TNSTR1956....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-05-25 08:59:17
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: SN 2025lxm
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aarnyuv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:03:56.026 (180.983442) DEC = +20:25:50.53 (20.430703)
Discovery date: 2025-05-25 06:56:50.000 (JD=2460820.7894676)

Potential host galaxy: LEDA 3089972
Host redshift: 0.0218283

Remarks: 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/ZTF25aarnyuv/ https://alerce.online/object/ZTF25aarnyuv https://antares.noirlab.edu/loci/ANT202543bmidrl533l

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-05-25 06:56:50.000
Flux: 16.897 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-05-23 06:26:27
Limiting flux: 20.486 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/2025lxm