TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 241033 [ 2025TNSTR.167....1W ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-12 17:11:22
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Jacob Wise (LJMU), 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 2025kx
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aabotnk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:50:36.157 (42.6506548) DEC = +07:27:59.53 (7.4665356)
Discovery date: 2025-01-12 03:34:02.997 (JD=2460687.6486458)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-12 03:34:02.997
Flux: 18.6867 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-01-10 03:27:47
Limiting flux: 18.4293 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/2025kx