TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 254993 [ 2025TNSTR1795....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-05-15 06:18:06
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Jesper Sollerman (SU), 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: TDE 2025kkj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aaptkov
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:51:52.596 (222.9691506) DEC = +08:54:18.24 (8.9050655)
Discovery date: 2025-05-09 06:55:19.004 (JD=2460804.7884144)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-05-09 06:55:19.004
Flux: 19.522 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-05-08 10:35:46
Limiting flux: 20.0436 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/2025kkj