TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 244540 [ 2025TNSTR.625....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-02-16 10:32:24
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: AT 2025bsd
Discoverer internal name: GOTO25ahs
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:19:51.885 (19.966186) DEC = -43:22:23.42 (-43.373171)
Discovery date: 2025-02-16 10:15:55.008 (JD=2460722.927723)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-02-16 10:15:55.008
Flux: 18.66 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-01-25 11:33:08
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/2025bsd