TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 269618 [ 2025TNSTR3643....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-09-10 15:24:58
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: SN 2025xej
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25abptfih
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:19:29.771 (304.8740453) DEC = -22:34:07.15 (-22.5686533)
Discovery date: 2025-09-09 05:06:28.002 (JD=2460927.7128241)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-09-09 05:06:28.002
Flux: 19.6471 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-09-09 04:05:35
Limiting flux: 19.6397 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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