TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 242752 [ 2025TNSTR.401....1U ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-29 13:31:53
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

K. Ulaczyk, D. O'Neill, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, 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 2025ajt
Discoverer internal name: GOTO25wg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:12:06.995 (123.029144) DEC = -72:37:22.46 (-72.622906)
Discovery date: 2025-01-27 10:22:33.312 (JD=2460702.932334)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-27 10:22:33.312
Flux: 19.65 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-01-24 11:17:00
Limiting flux: 19.6 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/2025ajt