TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 240624 [ 2025TNSTR..70....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-06 15:02:22
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

A. Kumar, 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, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2025ea
Discoverer internal name: GOTO25bw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:15:20.783 (93.836597) DEC = -34:00:22.87 (-34.006352)
Discovery date: 2025-01-04 12:45:01.728 (JD=2460680.031266)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-04 12:45:01.728
Flux: 19.87 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-30 10:36:08
Limiting flux: 19.1 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/2025ea