TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 271168 [ 2025TNSTR3850....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-09-24 09:29:50
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: AT 2025yka
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25absibjn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:56:52.928 (44.2205321) DEC = -17:25:11.59 (-17.419887)
Discovery date: 2025-09-20 10:16:28.997 (JD=2460938.9281134)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-09-20 10:16:28.997
Flux: 20.2456 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-09-16 11:33:37
Limiting flux: 20.3149 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/2025yka