TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 240982 [ 2025TNSTR.156....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-11 07:24:55
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 2025jx
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aabovpf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:03:50.447 (45.9601939) DEC = -00:12:13.08 (-0.2036345)
Discovery date: 2025-01-11 03:34:34.999 (JD=2460686.6490162)


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: 2025-01-11 03:34:34.999
Flux: 18.4453 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-01-10 03:52:26
Limiting flux: 18.4801 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/2025jx