TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 240392 [ 2025TNSTR..49....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-04 07:11:49
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 2025aq
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aaamvkj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:35:26.787 (158.8616124) DEC = +41:35:42.61 (41.5951689)
Discovery date: 2025-01-03 09:55:49.002 (JD=2460678.9137616)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-03 09:55:49.002
Flux: 19.6684 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-01-02 13:23:54
Limiting flux: 20.2871 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/2025aq