TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 242367 [ 2025TNSTR.343....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-25 13:29:13
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 2025aen
Discoverer internal name: GOTO25os
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:53:48.624 (88.452602) DEC = -45:32:16.98 (-45.538049)
Discovery date: 2025-01-12 12:11:42.432 (JD=2460688.008129)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-12 12:11:42.432
Flux: 18.94 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-30 11:04:22
Limiting flux: 19.8 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/2025aen