TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 245299 [ 2025TNSTR.706....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-02-21 15:46:24
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Ann Victor Adly Mina (UC Berkeley), 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 2025cfi
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aafttzg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:14:59.435 (48.7476471) DEC = +29:28:58.97 (29.4830469)
Discovery date: 2025-02-16 05:17:52.998 (JD=2460722.7207523)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-02-16 05:17:52.998
Flux: 19.4171 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-02-16 04:30:26
Limiting flux: 19.7136 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/2025cfi