TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 269942 [ 2025TNSTR3694....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-09-14 12:51:10
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: AT 2025xkq
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25abqpezs
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:09:45.142 (47.4380925) DEC = +22:41:13.60 (22.6871114)
Discovery date: 2025-09-01 08:39:18.000 (JD=2460919.860625)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-09-01 08:39:18.000
Flux: 20.6707 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-08-30 10:12:35
Limiting flux: 20.6774 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/2025xkq