TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 245005 [ 2025TNSTR.680....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-02-19 11:08:56
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 2025bzk
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aawiilg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:00:15.872 (255.0661339) DEC = +36:13:35.00 (36.2263878)
Discovery date: 2025-02-15 13:30:16.001 (JD=2460722.0626852)


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: 2025-02-15 13:30:16.001
Flux: 18.6884 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-02-11 10:56:32
Limiting flux: 18.6474 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/2025bzk