TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 246741 [ 2025TNSTR.890....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-03-05 10:46:47
Date made public:
Sender: Ismael Perez-Fournon
Reporting Group: SGLF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

I. Pérez-Fournon (IAC and ULL), D. Cano-Morales, I. Correa-Plasencia, A.E. Hernández-Díaz, C. Jaén-Martín (ULL), F. Poidevin (IAC and ULL), E. Hatziminaoglou (ESO and IAC), C. Jiménez Ángel (GRANTECAN), Z. Delgado-González (ULL), R. Shirley (MPE), R. Marques-Chaves (Univ. of Geneva), and S. Geier (GRANTECAN & IAC) on behalf of SGLF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2025dja
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aairfin
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:07:50.770 (211.961542) DEC = +15:10:30.91 (15.175253)
Discovery date: 2025-03-05 10:22:30.000 (JD=2460739.9322917)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J140750.54+151031.7
Host redshift: 0.06101601

Remarks: SN candidate discovered using the public ZTF alerts, the LSST/ZTF brokers, and our SGLF filters. ZTF light curve available at the LSST/ZTF brokers, e.g.: https://lasair-ztf.lsst.ac.uk/objects/ZTF25aairfin/ https://alerce.online/object/ZTF25aairfin

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-03-05 10:22:30.000
Flux: 19.036 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-02-26 12:08:58
Limiting flux: 20.113 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/2025dja