TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 241179 [ 2025TNSTR.211....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-16 12:48:06
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Jesper Sollerman (SU), 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: AT 2025ni
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aabaatc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:30:34.034 (247.6418065) DEC = +04:45:30.07 (4.7583538)
Discovery date: 2025-01-01 13:30:17.003 (JD=2460677.0626968)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-01 13:30:17.003
Flux: 19.0151 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-01-01 13:26:10
Limiting flux: 19.8904 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/2025ni