TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 240922 [ 2025TNSTR.139....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-10 10:02:11
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: SN 2025iv
Discoverer internal name: GOTO25ft
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:07:27.254 (31.863557) DEC = +19:11:36.68 (19.193521)
Discovery date: 2025-01-09 19:40:42.816 (JD=2460685.319944)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-09 19:40:42.816
Flux: 18.55 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-01-06 23:26:48
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/2025iv