TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 247157 [ 2025TNSTR.930....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-03-09 07:47:49
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 2025dva
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aaipaml
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:38:29.461 (144.6227532) DEC = +41:37:38.02 (41.6272288)
Discovery date: 2025-03-09 05:55:11.000 (JD=2460743.7466551)


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: 2025-03-09 05:55:11.000
Flux: 18.4314 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-03-05 07:12:55
Limiting flux: 20.6115 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/2025dva