TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 244809 [ 2025TNSTR.649....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-02-17 10:23:49
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 2025bvg
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aafobzl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:33:55.836 (173.482652) DEC = +01:38:15.47 (1.6376292)
Discovery date: 2025-02-17 07:41:20.996 (JD=2460723.8203819)


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: 2025-02-17 07:41:20.996
Flux: 18.2888 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-02-10 11:43:20
Limiting flux: 19.4834 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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