TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 244854 [ 2025TNSTR.642....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-02-17 19:41:23
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

D. O'Neill, G. Ramsay, 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 2025bvt
Discoverer internal name: GOTO25aji
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:13:14.375 (78.309894) DEC = -10:15:48.63 (-10.263507)
Discovery date: 2025-02-17 11:13:08.544 (JD=2460723.967456)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-02-17 11:13:08.544
Flux: 19.88 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-02-05 22:04:24
Limiting flux: 19.2 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North


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