TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 271169 [ 2025TNSTR3850....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-09-24 09:29:55
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 2025ykb
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25abtdytb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:50:45.849 (342.6910375) DEC = -25:33:12.61 (-25.5535027)
Discovery date: 2025-09-21 05:41:42.996 (JD=2460939.7373032)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-09-21 05:41:42.996
Flux: 20.0767 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-09-17 08:29:36
Limiting flux: 20.3874 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/2025ykb