TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 259257 [ 2025TNSTR2325....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-06-20 07:27:22
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 2025odc
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aavpime
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:32:21.272 (263.0886339) DEC = -11:25:56.29 (-11.4323039)
Discovery date: 2025-06-18 07:28:13.995 (JD=2460844.8112731)


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: 2025-06-18 07:28:13.995
Flux: 19.2005 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-06-16 08:01:23
Limiting flux: 20.2935 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/2025odc