TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 267177 [ 2025TNSTR3344....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-08-23 00:03:43
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_MMA_bot
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Robert Stein (UMD) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2025vaf
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25abjvddz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:18:59.686 (244.7486917) DEC = +38:06:35.14 (38.1097621)
Discovery date: 2025-08-18 04:10:37.004 (JD=2460905.6740394)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-08-18 04:10:37.004
Flux: 22.1987 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-08-17 05:12:37
Limiting flux: 21.1068 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/2025vaf