TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 243742 [ 2025TNSTR.515....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-02-07 21:11:16
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

G. Ramsay, D. O'Neill, 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 2025bat
Discoverer internal name: GOTO25aeg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:13:23.514 (258.347975) DEC = -64:51:18.00 (-64.854999)
Discovery date: 2025-02-04 18:13:48.576 (JD=2460711.259587)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-02-04 18:13:48.576
Flux: 18.41 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-10 09:49:16
Limiting flux: 18.5 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/2025bat