TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 265884 [ 2025TNSTR3216....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-08-15 05:02:34
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 2025txa
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25abiismb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:45:30.815 (251.3783966) DEC = -05:47:11.87 (-5.7866296)
Discovery date: 2025-08-13 06:41:25.002 (JD=2460900.7787616)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-08-13 06:41:25.002
Flux: 19.5306 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: No non-detections prior to first detection in ZTF Public, ZTF Public+Partnership alert streams

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2025txa