TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 261737 [ 2025TNSTR2577....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-07-06 17:22:57
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, A. Munoz-Arancibia, 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, E. Pizarro, 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: SN 2025qmx
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aazqavg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:52:25.309 (13.1054526) DEC = +01:26:26.31 (1.4406415)
Discovery date: 2025-07-06 11:11:26.998 (JD=2460862.9662847)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J005225.13+012620.4
Host redshift: 0.06345382

Remarks: Early SN candidate (r-rise > 0.11+-0.01 mag/day) 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/ZTF25aazqavg

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-07-06 11:11:26.998
Flux: 18.8967 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-06-27 11:27:21
Limiting flux: 19.7517 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/2025qmx