TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 244899 [ 2025TNSTR.661....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-02-18 09:10:05
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 2025bxa
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aafuniu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:47:57.893 (131.991219) DEC = +27:36:05.40 (27.6015007)
Discovery date: 2025-02-17 07:53:37.003 (JD=2460723.8289005)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-02-17 07:53:37.003
Flux: 19.0918 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-02-17 04:45:18
Limiting flux: 17.9539 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/2025bxa