TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 261208 [ 2025TNSTR2526....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-07-02 08:16:50
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 2025qay
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aaydkjt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:47:35.396 (221.8974823) DEC = +02:13:34.46 (2.2262388)
Discovery date: 2025-06-24 06:57:56.001 (JD=2460850.7902315)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-06-24 06:57:56.001
Flux: 20.5818 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-06-22 07:54:17
Limiting flux: 19.8747 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/2025qay