TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 267186 [ 2025TNSTR3344....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-08-23 00:09:32
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 2025vao
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25abjmxjc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:11:02.391 (257.7599607) DEC = +48:42:09.93 (48.702757)
Discovery date: 2025-08-18 06:11:27.000 (JD=2460905.7579514)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-08-18 06:11:27.000
Flux: 21.8686 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-08-18 06:06:18
Limiting flux: 21.5789 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/2025vao