TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 269861 [ 2025TNSTR3682....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-09-13 23:45:41
Date made public:
Sender: BTSbot_bot
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Nabeel Rehemtulla (CIERA, NU), Wynn Jacobson-Galán (Caltech), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2025xip
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25abqctae
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:06:46.811 (256.6950438) DEC = -12:42:41.88 (-12.7116345)
Discovery date: 2025-09-10 04:23:19.000 (JD=2460928.6828588)


Remarks: Bright (m_peak <= 18.5) transient candidate identified autonomously by BTSbot (Rehemtulla et al. 2024; arXiv:2401.15167).

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-09-10 04:23:19.000
Flux: 17.2723 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-09-08 04:28:29
Limiting flux: 19.2533 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/2025xip