TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 244815 [ 2025TNSTR.648....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-02-17 11:36:59
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 2025bvj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aafocfc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:15:37.681 (168.9070047) DEC = +32:11:56.51 (32.1990311)
Discovery date: 2025-02-11 10:16:59.998 (JD=2460717.9284722)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-02-11 10:16:59.998
Flux: 19.1574 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-02-09 12:51:40
Limiting flux: 17.9305 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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