TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 269900 [ 2025TNSTR3695....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-09-14 08:57:41
Date made public:
Sender: BTSbot_bot
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Nabeel Rehemtulla (CIERA, NU), Wynn Jacobson-Galán (Caltech), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2025xju
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25abqkwce
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:55:14.681 (358.8111699) DEC = +39:45:49.45 (39.7637349)
Discovery date: 2025-09-14 05:47:57.998 (JD=2460932.7416435)


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: 2025-09-14 05:47:57.998
Flux: 18.5746 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-09-11 07:44:50
Limiting flux: 19.654 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/2025xju