TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 245058 [ 2025TNSTR.672....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-02-19 17:21:23
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 2025caq
Discoverer internal name: GOTO25ajo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:46:15.572 (146.564884) DEC = -71:21:31.85 (-71.358847)
Discovery date: 2025-02-17 10:26:10.176 (JD=2460723.934844)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-02-17 10:26:10.176
Flux: 19.27 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-02-15 12:25:22
Limiting flux: 19.2 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/2025caq