TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 252163 [ 2025TNSTR1479....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-04-21 09:31:00
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 2025hxf
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aanpvix
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:53:05.007 (238.2708632) DEC = +20:38:08.61 (20.6357241)
Discovery date: 2025-04-21 08:26:28.003 (JD=2460786.851713)


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: 2025-04-21 08:26:28.003
Flux: 18.4281 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-04-15 09:48:38
Limiting flux: 19.8203 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/2025hxf