TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 272281 [ 2025TNSTR3969....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-10-02 06:43:38
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 2025zkd
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25abtdhds
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:50:25.394 (357.6058095) DEC = +54:03:18.43 (54.0551183)
Discovery date: 2025-09-20 09:26:01.999 (JD=2460938.8930787)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-09-20 09:26:01.999
Flux: 20.9653 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-09-17 07:15:17
Limiting flux: 16.8543 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/2025zkd