TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 242691 [ 2025TNSTR.385....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-28 14:34:15
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

D. O'Neill, 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, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2025aiq
Discoverer internal name: GOTO25ub
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:08:12.848 (122.053534) DEC = -08:31:14.20 (-8.52061)
Discovery date: 2025-01-28 12:06:06.336 (JD=2460704.004245)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-28 12:06:06.336
Flux: 18.96 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-01-28 01:04:40
Limiting flux: 19.8 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North


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