TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 240333 [ 2025TNSTR..33....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-03 11:33:42
Date made public:
Sender: Ismael Perez-Fournon
Reporting Group: SGLF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

I. Pérez-Fournon (IAC and ULL), D. Cano-Morales, A.E. Hernández-Díaz, C. Jaén-Martín (ULL), F. Poidevin (IAC and ULL), E. Hatziminaoglou (ESO and IAC), C. Jiménez Ángel (GRANTECAN), Z. Delgado-González (ULL), R. Shirley (MPE), R. Marques-Chaves (Univ. of Geneva), and S. Geier (GRANTECAN & IAC) on behalf of SGLF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2025Z
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aaaaper
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:37:33.885 (9.391187) DEC = +24:45:24.04 (24.756678)
Discovery date: 2025-01-02 03:10:42.000 (JD=2460677.6324306)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J003733.78+244523.9

Remarks: SN candidate discovered using the public ZTF alerts, the LSST/ZTF brokers, and our SGLF filters. ZTF light curve available at the LSST/ZTF brokers, e.g.: https://lasair-ztf.lsst.ac.uk/objects/ZTF25aaaaper/ https://alerce.online/object/ZTF25aaaaper https://antares.noirlab.edu/loci/ANT2025btmpng0qnqs4

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-02 03:10:42.000
Flux: 20.344 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-31 03:07:35
Limiting flux: 20.352 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/2025Z