TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 242700 [ 2025TNSTR.389....1R ]
Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-28 16:11:50
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO Discovery Data Source: GOTO
G. Ramsay, T. Killestein, L. Kelsey, E. Wickens, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, K. Ulaczyk, D. Steeghs, D. Galloway, V. Dhillon, P. O'Brien, K. Noysena, R. Kotak, R. Breton, L. Nuttall, E. Pallé, D. Pollacco, A. Kumar, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2025aiv
Discoverer internal name: GOTO25tl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:10:07.648 (272.531868) DEC = +47:53:39.32 (47.894256)
Discovery date: 2025-01-28 06:31:12.288 (JD=2460703.77167)
Remarks: This transient was discovered with the assistance of the GOTO Kilonova Seekers Citizen Scientists on Zooniverse. The candidate was flagged by volunteers: Antonio Pasqua, Jose Alberto da Silva Campos, Cledison Marcos da Silva, Mayahuel Torres Guerrero, Hiroki Fukuyama
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-28 06:31:12.288
Flux: 15.68 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-11-10 19:34:55
Limiting flux: 19.1 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/2025aiv
Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-28 16:11:50
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO Discovery Data Source: GOTO
G. Ramsay, T. Killestein, L. Kelsey, E. Wickens, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, K. Ulaczyk, D. Steeghs, D. Galloway, V. Dhillon, P. O'Brien, K. Noysena, R. Kotak, R. Breton, L. Nuttall, E. Pallé, D. Pollacco, A. Kumar, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2025aiv
Discoverer internal name: GOTO25tl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:10:07.648 (272.531868) DEC = +47:53:39.32 (47.894256)
Discovery date: 2025-01-28 06:31:12.288 (JD=2460703.77167)
Remarks: This transient was discovered with the assistance of the GOTO Kilonova Seekers Citizen Scientists on Zooniverse. The candidate was flagged by volunteers: Antonio Pasqua, Jose Alberto da Silva Campos, Cledison Marcos da Silva, Mayahuel Torres Guerrero, Hiroki Fukuyama
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-28 06:31:12.288
Flux: 15.68 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-11-10 19:34:55
Limiting flux: 19.1 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/2025aiv