TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 245197 [ 2025TNSTR.698....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-02-20 11:46:47
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Nabeel Rehemtulla (CIERA, NU), 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: SN 2025cdv
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aaggdnf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:10:07.365 (212.5306862) DEC = -08:42:54.25 (-8.7150698)
Discovery date: 2025-02-20 10:52:38.000 (JD=2460726.9532176)


Remarks: Bright (m_peak <= 18.5) transient candidate identified autonomously by BTSbot (Rehemtulla et al. 2024; arXiv:2401.15167).

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-02-20 10:52:38.000
Flux: 18.2036 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-02-15 11:47:59
Limiting flux: 19.0475 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/2025cdv