TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 241346 [ 2025TNSTR.242....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-18 09:30:19
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 2025qo
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aabzvlf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:37:43.829 (84.4326215) DEC = -16:29:39.22 (-16.494229)
Discovery date: 2025-01-16 06:03:53.003 (JD=2460691.7526968)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-16 06:03:53.003
Flux: 19.1956 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-01-15 06:33:33
Limiting flux: 18.8174 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/2025qo