TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 240663 [ 2025TNSTR..64....1M ]
Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-06 18:01:01
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE Discovery Data Source: ZTF
A. Munoz-Arancibia, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, F. Forster, A. Mourao, L. Hernandez-Garcia, L. Galbany, J. Silva-Farfan, R. Dastidar, J.P. Brandt, A. Alvarez, G. Cabrera-Vives, R. Carrasco-Davis, P.A. Estevez, B. Gamboa, P. Huijse, H. Larranaga, C. Mansilla, K. Medina, D. Moreno, E. Munoz, I. Reyes, P. Sanchez-Saez, D. Rodriguez-Mancini, M. Catelan, S. Eyheramendy, M.J. Graham on behalf of the ALeRCE broker report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2025ek
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aaazubd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:50:42.997 (252.679153) DEC = +44:38:04.95 (44.6347092)
Discovery date: 2025-01-06 13:18:58.003 (JD=2460682.054838)
Potential host galaxy: SDSS J165043.33+443807.8
Host redshift: 0.07441331
Remarks: SN candidate classified using ALeRCE's stamp classifier (Carrasco-Davis et al. 2021) and the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF25aaazubd
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-06 13:18:58.003
Flux: 19.7006 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Remarks: Data provided by ZTF
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-01-02 13:10:02
Limiting flux: 20.0804 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Remarks: Data provided by ZTF
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2025ek
Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-06 18:01:01
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE Discovery Data Source: ZTF
A. Munoz-Arancibia, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, F. Forster, A. Mourao, L. Hernandez-Garcia, L. Galbany, J. Silva-Farfan, R. Dastidar, J.P. Brandt, A. Alvarez, G. Cabrera-Vives, R. Carrasco-Davis, P.A. Estevez, B. Gamboa, P. Huijse, H. Larranaga, C. Mansilla, K. Medina, D. Moreno, E. Munoz, I. Reyes, P. Sanchez-Saez, D. Rodriguez-Mancini, M. Catelan, S. Eyheramendy, M.J. Graham on behalf of the ALeRCE broker report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2025ek
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aaazubd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:50:42.997 (252.679153) DEC = +44:38:04.95 (44.6347092)
Discovery date: 2025-01-06 13:18:58.003 (JD=2460682.054838)
Potential host galaxy: SDSS J165043.33+443807.8
Host redshift: 0.07441331
Remarks: SN candidate classified using ALeRCE's stamp classifier (Carrasco-Davis et al. 2021) and the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF25aaazubd
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-06 13:18:58.003
Flux: 19.7006 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Remarks: Data provided by ZTF
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-01-02 13:10:02
Limiting flux: 20.0804 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Remarks: Data provided by ZTF
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2025ek