TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 242900 [ 2025TNSTR.414....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-30 11:14:10
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

B. Godson, 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 2025alf
Discoverer internal name: GOTO25xg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:26:28.043 (6.616846) DEC = -62:56:27.15 (-62.940875)
Discovery date: 2025-01-30 10:21:42.336 (JD=2460705.931736)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-30 10:21:42.336
Flux: 17.9 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-01-15 11:16:06
Limiting flux: 18.4 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South


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