TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 272276 [ 2025TNSTR3969....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-10-02 05:01:44
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 2025zka
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25abufzxe
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:22:05.510 (230.5229578) DEC = +42:03:30.32 (42.0584219)
Discovery date: 2025-09-30 03:42:03.000 (JD=2460948.6542014)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-09-30 03:42:03.000
Flux: 19.5188 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-09-30 03:37:59
Limiting flux: 19.8456 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/2025zka