TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 258745 [ 2025TNSTR2237....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-06-16 15:25:40
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Daniel Perley (LJMU), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2025nqu
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aavicas
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:57:18.944 (254.3289322) DEC = -23:05:15.73 (-23.0877017)
Discovery date: 2025-06-14 06:01:30.002 (JD=2460840.7510417)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-06-14 06:01:30.002
Flux: 19.9052 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-06-12 08:44:10
Limiting flux: 18.8857 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/2025nqu