TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 240529 [ 2025TNSTR..79....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-06 05:29:00
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: AT 2025ct
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aaatxbk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:58:18.443 (314.5768471) DEC = +76:08:17.99 (76.138331)
Discovery date: 2025-01-02 03:22:28.004 (JD=2460677.6406019)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-02 03:22:28.004
Flux: 20.5 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-30 03:47:26
Limiting flux: 20.1473 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/2025ct