TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 273180 [ 2025TNSTR4097....1O ]
Date Received (UTC): 2025-10-13 17:32:45
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO Discovery Data Source: GOTO
D. O'Neill, G. Ramsay, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, J. Lyman, K. Ulaczyk, D. Steeghs, D. Galloway, V. Dhillon, P. O'Brien, K. Noysena, R. Kotak, R. Breton, J. Casares, L. Nuttall, B. Godson, T. Killestein, A. Kumar, M. Pursiainen, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2025aagq
Discoverer internal name: GOTO25imi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:03:45.555 (15.939813) DEC = -64:22:06.70 (-64.368529)
Discovery date: 2025-10-12 17:39:16.704 (JD=2460961.235608)
Remarks: This transient was discovered with the assistance of the GOTO Kilonova Seekers Citizen Scientists on Zooniverse. The candidate was flagged by volunteers: M.T. Mazzucato, Svetoslav Alexandrov, Antonio Pasqua, Mayahuel Torres Guerrero, Henryk Krawczyk
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-10-12 17:39:16.704
Flux: 19.55 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-10-05 12:14:28
Limiting flux: 19 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/2025aagq
Date Received (UTC): 2025-10-13 17:32:45
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO Discovery Data Source: GOTO
D. O'Neill, G. Ramsay, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, J. Lyman, K. Ulaczyk, D. Steeghs, D. Galloway, V. Dhillon, P. O'Brien, K. Noysena, R. Kotak, R. Breton, J. Casares, L. Nuttall, B. Godson, T. Killestein, A. Kumar, M. Pursiainen, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2025aagq
Discoverer internal name: GOTO25imi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:03:45.555 (15.939813) DEC = -64:22:06.70 (-64.368529)
Discovery date: 2025-10-12 17:39:16.704 (JD=2460961.235608)
Remarks: This transient was discovered with the assistance of the GOTO Kilonova Seekers Citizen Scientists on Zooniverse. The candidate was flagged by volunteers: M.T. Mazzucato, Svetoslav Alexandrov, Antonio Pasqua, Mayahuel Torres Guerrero, Henryk Krawczyk
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-10-12 17:39:16.704
Flux: 19.55 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-10-05 12:14:28
Limiting flux: 19 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/2025aagq