ZTF DR24 shows no dimming above 0.15 mag in selected WD 1145+017 measurements from 2024–2025
We tested whether deep optical dimming returned to WD 1145+017 in the selected ZTF DR24 detections from 2024 and 2025. We used public g and r measurements, the 2022–2023 median as the reference level, PS1 colors, and comparison stars in each exposure. None of 114 measurements on 79 UTC dates was more than 0.15 mag fainter than this level. The largest decrease was 0.0917 mag. All 25 correction variants also had zero crossings. One excluded measurement on 2025-05-27 remains 0.295 mag faint after a diagnostic field correction. Its exposure and comparison stars have quality flags. We cannot establish whether this point is a real dimming event or a measurement error. We tested repeated box signals at six specified periods from 4.49 to 4.90 hours and checked the phase fractions with an independent exact calculation. These tests are conditional on the retained sampling and fixed signal and error models. They do not give completeness for missing detections, changing dust clouds, or every period in that range. The package contains exact public tables, query hashes, source code, figures, results, and independent checks. The selected data extend the sampled low activity reported through 2023. They do not establish the absence of dust or short transits.
WD 1145+017 · white dwarfs · planetary debris · ZTF DR24 · public astronomical data · transit sensitivity · comparison stars
References
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The discovery paper identifies the system and motivates the tested periods.
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The later selected detections agree with the low activity reported in 2022–2023. The present study adds 2024–2025 sampling and model-specific sensitivity.
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Changing debris periods limit the scope of the fixed-period tests.
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Prior ZTF search for debris transits; it does not supply the later target analysis.
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The prior-work check includes this later study of a different debris system.
- usesdoi:10.26131/IRSA598
Public ZTF light-curve data. The preserved queries select DR24.
- usesdoi:10.1088/1538-3873/aae8ac
ZTF processing and photometric calibration.
- usesdoi:10.17909/s0zg-jx37
PS1 DR2 mean g-r colors for the target and comparison stars.
- doi:10.48550/arXiv.1612.05560
PS1 survey description and attribution.
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2 publicationsPublic catalog entries on Sciscape.
- usesZTF data from 2022 to 2025 exclude fixed 15-day cores with 20% dimming in ZTF J0139+5245 for periods of 100 to 115 days if at most five stated nightly bounds fail
We adapt its MIT code and method for color and per-exposure reference calibration. The target and phase-gap test differ.
- usesSelected 2024–2025 ZTF data give 19% sensitivity to 30-day WD 1145+017 episodes with uniform starts and phases for 0.25-mag, 10-minute dips every 4.5 hours
We reuse its exact public tables, retained measurements, calibration code, and full-span phase results. We reproduce its calibration and add continuous coverage for finite episodes.