TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 242667 [ 2025TNSTR.388....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-28 10:24:52
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2025aig
Discoverer internal name: GOTO25tv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:56:23.727 (119.098864) DEC = +04:02:39.35 (4.044265)
Discovery date: 2025-01-24 12:55:28.128 (JD=2460700.038517)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-24 12:55:28.128
Flux: 19.45 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-01-21 12:44:31
Limiting flux: 19.9 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/2025aig