TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 255187 [ 2025TNSTR1820....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-05-17 06:05:12
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: SN 2025kny
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aaqkvza
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:40:41.831 (190.1742971) DEC = -07:39:19.59 (-7.6554425)
Discovery date: 2025-05-17 03:48:10.995 (JD=2460812.6584606)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-05-17 03:48:10.995
Flux: 19.7918 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-05-16 07:20:40
Limiting flux: 19.8239 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/2025kny