TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 256862 [ 2025TNSTR1988....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-05-27 04:42:25
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 2022aeyy
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19aaxehkt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:12:54.552 (198.2273) DEC = -16:45:56.66 (-16.7657376)
Discovery date: 2022-05-11 06:02:50.000 (JD=2459710.7519676)


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: 2022-05-11 06:02:50.000
Flux: 17.2318 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2022-05-09 07:05:58
Limiting flux: 19.2933 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/2022aeyy