TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 243751 [ 2025TNSTR.543....1A ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-02-08 05:03:55
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_MMA_bot
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Tomas Ahumada (California Institute of Technology) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2025bay
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aaffyzc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:30:01.171 (7.5048808) DEC = +37:10:05.99 (37.1683311)
Discovery date: 2025-02-08 03:18:17.997 (JD=2460714.6377083)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-02-08 03:18:17.997
Flux: 20.5136 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-02-02 03:53:51
Limiting flux: 19.5747 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2025bay