TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 243823 [ 2025TNSTR.535....1J ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-02-08 22:46:37
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

S. Jurado, F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, A. Munoz-Arancibia, A. Mourao, L. Hernandez-Garcia, L. Galbany, J. Silva-Farfan, R. Dastidar, J.P. Brandt, A. Alvarez, G. Cabrera-Vives, R. Carrasco-Davis, P.A. Estevez, B. Gamboa, P. Huijse, H. Larranaga, C. Mansilla, K. Medina, D. Moreno, E. Munoz, E. Pizarro, I. Reyes, P. Sanchez-Saez, D. Rodriguez-Mancini, M. Catelan, S. Eyheramendy, M.J. Graham on behalf of the ALeRCE broker report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2025bcm
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aawldxu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:48:11.836 (282.0493146) DEC = +43:57:49.31 (43.9636978)
Discovery date: 2025-02-08 13:10:08.000 (JD=2460715.0487037)

Potential host galaxy: 2MASX J18481164+4357499

Remarks: SN candidate classified using ALeRCE's stamp classifier (Carrasco-Davis et al. 2021) and the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF18aawldxu

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-02-08 13:10:08.000
Flux: 18.8208 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-02-08 12:52:22
Limiting flux: 18.8622 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

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