TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 244555 [ 2025TNSTR.625....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-02-16 13:45:39
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 2025bsl
Discoverer internal name: GOTO25aik
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:01:21.382 (90.33909) DEC = -40:01:35.40 (-40.026501)
Discovery date: 2025-02-16 12:07:31.008 (JD=2460723.005217)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-02-16 12:07:31.008
Flux: 19.24 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-01-30 12:55:32
Limiting flux: 20 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/2025bsl