TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 246388 [ 2025TNSTR.823....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-02-28 23:41:16
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 2025dax
Discoverer internal name: GOTO25axx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:16:54.778 (259.22824) DEC = -68:33:37.80 (-68.560501)
Discovery date: 2025-02-22 18:09:51.840 (JD=2460729.256846)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-02-22 18:09:51.840
Flux: 19.54 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-02-19 17:14:02
Limiting flux: 19.5 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/2025dax