TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 242918 [ 2025TNSTR.416....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-30 13:40:19
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: SN 2025alk
Discoverer internal name: GOTO25xp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:27:25.162 (126.85484) DEC = +01:50:52.54 (1.847928)
Discovery date: 2025-01-30 12:47:10.464 (JD=2460706.032759)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-30 12:47:10.464
Flux: 18.89 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-01-27 12:24:54
Limiting flux: 19.9 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/2025alk