TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 242128 [ 2025TNSTR.313....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-23 12:25:17
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

D. O'Neill, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, K. Ulaczyk, D. Steeghs, D. Galloway, V. Dhillon, P. O'Brien, G. Ramsay, K. Noysena, R. Kotak, R. Breton, L. Nuttall, E. Pallé, D. Pollacco, T. Killestein, A. Kumar, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2025aak
Discoverer internal name: GOTO25ls
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:15:30.051 (78.875212) DEC = -65:30:46.50 (-65.512916)
Discovery date: 2025-01-21 15:25:31.008 (JD=2460697.142723)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-21 15:25:31.008
Flux: 19.45 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-01-14 13:11:41
Limiting flux: 19.3 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2025aak