TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 262391 [ 2025TNSTR2680....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-07-13 09:59:03
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 2025raf
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aazrumo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:00:45.951 (240.191464) DEC = -27:33:08.22 (-27.5522845)
Discovery date: 2025-07-05 05:35:52.998 (JD=2460861.7332523)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-07-05 05:35:52.998
Flux: 19.7648 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-07-05 05:35:13
Limiting flux: 19.6035 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/2025raf