TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 272277 [ 2025TNSTR3969....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-10-02 05:02:21
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 2025zkb
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25abuyzcs
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:42:56.901 (280.7370857) DEC = +54:08:09.31 (54.1359181)
Discovery date: 2025-09-25 03:16:48.002 (JD=2460943.6366667)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-09-25 03:16:48.002
Flux: 20.8764 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-09-23 07:22:40
Limiting flux: 20.4193 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/2025zkb