TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 269921 [ 2025TNSTR3694....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-09-14 10:55:49
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 2025xkn
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25abqamzb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:46:38.541 (11.6605874) DEC = +29:53:51.50 (29.8976388)
Discovery date: 2025-09-09 07:15:41.996 (JD=2460927.8025694)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-09-09 07:15:41.996
Flux: 19.6755 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-09-07 09:15:26
Limiting flux: 19.4162 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/2025xkn