TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 241381 [ 2025TNSTR.242....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-18 15:23:45
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 2025rb
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aacibch
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:35:43.392 (248.9307995) DEC = +14:57:43.58 (14.9621062)
Discovery date: 2025-01-16 12:28:22.002 (JD=2460692.0196991)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-16 12:28:22.002
Flux: 19.5661 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-01-14 12:55:42
Limiting flux: 18.1884 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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