TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 246273 [ 2025TNSTR.829....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-02-28 11:54:33
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Ann Victor Adly Mina (UC Berkeley), Daniel Perley (LJMU), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2025cys
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aafimxd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:11:26.434 (227.8601408) DEC = -05:26:35.42 (-5.4431717)
Discovery date: 2025-02-08 13:20:33.000 (JD=2460715.0559375)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-02-08 13:20:33.000
Flux: 19.5462 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-01-31 11:25:38
Limiting flux: 20.1031 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/2025cys