TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 267207 [ 2025TNSTR3342....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-08-23 08:07:20
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 2025vbe
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25abkwtqa
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:09:22.050 (257.341877) DEC = -22:49:43.32 (-22.8286992)
Discovery date: 2025-08-17 04:01:37.997 (JD=2460904.6678009)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-08-17 04:01:37.997
Flux: 20.461 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-08-15 05:03:25
Limiting flux: 19.9349 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/2025vbe