TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 246029 [ 2025TNSTR.796....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-02-26 07:41:01
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 2025ctu
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aagwdoh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:52:10.445 (283.0435228) DEC = +37:22:23.06 (37.3730723)
Discovery date: 2025-02-23 12:19:23.998 (JD=2460730.0134722)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-02-23 12:19:23.998
Flux: 19.4842 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-02-21 12:23:36
Limiting flux: 19.8436 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/2025ctu