TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 266509 [ 2025TNSTR3261....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-08-18 14:02:51
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Daniel Perley (LJMU), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2025ulu
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25abjlixw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:22:04.978 (20.520743) DEC = -16:15:44.03 (-16.2622306)
Discovery date: 2025-08-15 10:34:24.997 (JD=2460902.9405671)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-08-15 10:34:24.997
Flux: 19.6748 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-08-13 10:03:54
Limiting flux: 19.4042 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/2025ulu