TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 259090 [ 2025TNSTR2302....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-06-19 06:45:22
Date made public:
Sender: BTSbot_bot
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Nabeel Rehemtulla (CIERA, NU), Wynn Jacobson-Galán (Caltech), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2025oae
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aavthad
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:04:53.332 (196.2222187) DEC = +43:21:50.19 (43.3639412)
Discovery date: 2025-06-19 04:41:09.997 (JD=2460845.6952546)


Remarks: Bright (m_peak <= 18.5) transient candidate identified autonomously by BTSbot (Rehemtulla et al. 2024; arXiv:2401.15167).

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-06-19 04:41:09.997
Flux: 17.816 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-06-18 08:13:22
Limiting flux: 19.6516 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/2025oae