TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 255588 [ 2025TNSTR1847....1H ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-05-20 19:22:42
Date made public:
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Reporting Group: DESIRT     Discovery Data Source: DESIRT

Xander J. Hall (Carnegie Mellon U.), Tomás Ahumada (Caltech), Lei Hu (Carnegie Mellon U.), Antonella Palmese (Carnegie Mellon U.), Brendan O'Connor (Carnegie Mellon U.), Tomás Cabrera (Carnegie Mellon U.), Keerthi Kunnumkai (Carnegie Mellon U.) on behalf of 2DTS/ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2025kws
Discoverer internal name: C202505171657009p013433
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:57:00.880 (254.2536686257) DEC = +01:34:33.42 (1.5759487560476)
Discovery date: 2025-05-17 09:26:56.544 (JD=2460812.8937084)


Remarks: Discovered as part of the DECam ZTF experiment. (PI: Ahumada)

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-05-17 09:26:56.544
Flux: 21.5565 ABMag
Filter: r-Sloan
Instrument: DECAM
Telescope: CTIO - 4-m Victor M. Blanco Telescope

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: DECam Legacy Survey

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2025kws