TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 241277 [ 2025TNSTR.220....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-17 17:50:51
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

A. Munoz-Arancibia, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, F. Forster, A. Mourao, L. Hernandez-Garcia, L. Galbany, J. Silva-Farfan, R. Dastidar, J.P. Brandt, A. Alvarez, G. Cabrera-Vives, R. Carrasco-Davis, P.A. Estevez, B. Gamboa, P. Huijse, H. Larranaga, C. Mansilla, K. Medina, D. Moreno, E. Munoz, I. Reyes, P. Sanchez-Saez, D. Rodriguez-Mancini, M. Catelan, S. Eyheramendy, M.J. Graham on behalf of the ALeRCE broker report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2025pi
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aaaoinj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:07:51.166 (121.96319320011) DEC = +48:38:12.97 (48.6369363)
Discovery date: 2025-01-11 09:43:29.004 (JD=2460686.9051968)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J080751.29+483812.0

Remarks: SN candidate classified using ALeRCE's stamp classifier (Carrasco-Davis et al. 2021) and the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF25aaaoinj

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-11 09:43:29.004
Flux: 19.9255 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-01-11 06:41:37
Limiting flux: 18.7062 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

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