TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 258334 [ 2025TNSTR2206....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-06-13 06:22:48
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 2025nka
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aauggdd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:23:02.159 (185.7589961) DEC = -03:45:36.14 (-3.7600392)
Discovery date: 2025-06-09 04:56:50.997 (JD=2460835.7061458)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-06-09 04:56:50.997
Flux: 19.7174 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-06-03 05:48:52
Limiting flux: 19.9846 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/2025nka