TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 263381 [ 2025TNSTR2837....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-07-22 10:35:55
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 2025rvv
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25abcmcmo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:48:10.327 (312.0430279) DEC = -24:21:34.11 (-24.359476)
Discovery date: 2025-07-21 07:32:21.998 (JD=2460877.8141435)


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: 2025-07-21 07:32:21.998
Flux: 17.2558 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-07-20 09:23:22
Limiting flux: 20.6591 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/2025rvv