TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 254983 [ 2025TNSTR1783....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-05-14 15:23:32
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Daniel Perley (LJMU), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2025kkb
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aaofttb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:11:37.507 (197.9062788) DEC = +10:19:59.24 (10.3331234)
Discovery date: 2025-04-24 07:42:14.002 (JD=2460789.8209954)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-04-24 07:42:14.002
Flux: 19.988 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-04-24 06:46:01
Limiting flux: 20.3181 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/2025kkb