TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 267396 [ 2025TNSTR3330....1F ]
Date Received (UTC): 2025-08-23 22:12:03
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE Discovery Data Source: ZTF
F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, A. Munoz-Arancibia, A. Mourao, L. Hernandez-Garcia, L. Galbany, J. Silva-Farfan, R. Dastidar, J.P. Brandt, A. Alvarez, G. Cabrera-Vives, R. Carrasco-Davis, P.A. Estevez, B. Gamboa, P. Huijse, H. Larranaga, C. Mansilla, K. Medina, D. Moreno, E. Munoz, E. Pizarro, I. Reyes, P. Sanchez-Saez, D. Rodriguez-Mancini, M. Catelan, S. Eyheramendy, M.J. Graham on behalf of the ALeRCE broker report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: SN 2025vfa
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25abkoomo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:25:00.386 (246.25160718421) DEC = +45:03:13.60 (45.05377673387)
Discovery date: 2025-08-21 03:56:55.997 (JD=2460908.664537)
Potential host galaxy: SDSS J162500.44+450312.0
Remarks: SN candidate classified using ALeRCE's stamp classifier (Carrasco-Davis et al. 2021) and the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF25abkoomo
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-08-21 03:56:55.997
Flux: 21.0403 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Remarks: Data provided by ZTF
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-08-17 04:18:01
Limiting flux: 20.7414 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Remarks: Data provided by ZTF
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2025vfa
Date Received (UTC): 2025-08-23 22:12:03
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE Discovery Data Source: ZTF
F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, A. Munoz-Arancibia, A. Mourao, L. Hernandez-Garcia, L. Galbany, J. Silva-Farfan, R. Dastidar, J.P. Brandt, A. Alvarez, G. Cabrera-Vives, R. Carrasco-Davis, P.A. Estevez, B. Gamboa, P. Huijse, H. Larranaga, C. Mansilla, K. Medina, D. Moreno, E. Munoz, E. Pizarro, I. Reyes, P. Sanchez-Saez, D. Rodriguez-Mancini, M. Catelan, S. Eyheramendy, M.J. Graham on behalf of the ALeRCE broker report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: SN 2025vfa
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25abkoomo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:25:00.386 (246.25160718421) DEC = +45:03:13.60 (45.05377673387)
Discovery date: 2025-08-21 03:56:55.997 (JD=2460908.664537)
Potential host galaxy: SDSS J162500.44+450312.0
Remarks: SN candidate classified using ALeRCE's stamp classifier (Carrasco-Davis et al. 2021) and the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF25abkoomo
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-08-21 03:56:55.997
Flux: 21.0403 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Remarks: Data provided by ZTF
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-08-17 04:18:01
Limiting flux: 20.7414 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Remarks: Data provided by ZTF
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2025vfa