TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 240700 [ 2025TNSTR..96....1R ]
Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-07 09:46:37
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: AT 2025fk
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aaaqfrf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:00:59.909 (165.2496207) DEC = -14:02:18.75 (-14.0385419)
Discovery date: 2025-01-03 12:33:19.995 (JD=2460679.0231481)
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: 2025-01-03 12:33:19.995
Flux: 16.9175 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-01-03 09:31:54
Limiting flux: 19.5314 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/2025fk
Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-07 09:46:37
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: AT 2025fk
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aaaqfrf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:00:59.909 (165.2496207) DEC = -14:02:18.75 (-14.0385419)
Discovery date: 2025-01-03 12:33:19.995 (JD=2460679.0231481)
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: 2025-01-03 12:33:19.995
Flux: 16.9175 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-01-03 09:31:54
Limiting flux: 19.5314 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/2025fk