TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 270544 [ 2025TNSTR3762....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-09-18 09:03:52
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Daniel Perley (LJMU), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2025xwp
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25abqrrty
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:36:06.504 (264.0270992) DEC = -18:45:30.09 (-18.7583581)
Discovery date: 2025-08-21 04:03:09.002 (JD=2460908.6688542)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-08-21 04:03:09.002
Flux: 20.1229 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-08-17 04:33:04
Limiting flux: 20.129 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/2025xwp