TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 249839 [ 2025TNSTR1135....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-03-25 10:36:22
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 2025ftk
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aakdrel
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:14:10.084 (153.5420161) DEC = -02:11:19.64 (-2.188789)
Discovery date: 2025-03-23 06:05:24.000 (JD=2460757.75375)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-03-23 06:05:24.000
Flux: 20.0418 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-03-22 08:48:00
Limiting flux: 17.9252 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/2025ftk