TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 249458 [ 2025TNSTR1103....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-03-23 11:28:40
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Ann Victor Adly Mina (UC Berkeley), 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 2025fjp
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aagbrcu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:47:27.382 (296.8640936) DEC = +50:30:24.53 (50.5068141)
Discovery date: 2025-02-17 12:23:25.002 (JD=2460724.0162616)


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 12:23:25.002
Flux: 17.5349 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-02-10 12:23:32
Limiting flux: 19.1554 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/2025fjp