TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 279160 [ 2025TNSTR4787....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-12-01 14:26:39
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 2025afqu
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25acffzbq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:16:05.290 (169.0220412) DEC = -13:27:49.12 (-13.4636451)
Discovery date: 2025-11-23 12:33:39.997 (JD=2461003.0233796)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-11-23 12:33:39.997
Flux: 20.1692 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-11-13 13:25:53
Limiting flux: 19.3436 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/2025afqu