TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 245036 [ 2025TNSTR.673....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-02-19 14:58:36
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 2025cad
Discoverer internal name: GOTO25alr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:33:45.966 (173.441524) DEC = -37:29:05.20 (-37.484779)
Discovery date: 2025-02-17 11:50:23.712 (JD=2460723.993329)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-02-17 11:50:23.712
Flux: 19.39 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-02-13 12:06:28
Limiting flux: 18.2 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/2025cad