TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 242963 [ 2025TNSTR.431....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-31 03:59:13
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Nabeel Rehemtulla (CIERA, NU), 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: SN 2025aml
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aadhlrs
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:50:14.103 (27.5587639) DEC = +27:38:39.62 (27.64434)
Discovery date: 2025-01-31 02:40:53.999 (JD=2460706.6117361)


Remarks: Bright (m_peak <= 18.5) transient candidate identified autonomously by BTSbot (Rehemtulla et al. 2024; arXiv:2401.15167).

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-31 02:40:53.999
Flux: 18.1168 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-01-24 04:07:06
Limiting flux: 19.5065 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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