TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 242979 [ 2025TNSTR.427....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-31 06:59:02
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

G. Ramsay, D. O'Neill, 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, T. Killestein, A. Kumar, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2025amt
Discoverer internal name: GOTO25xw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:10:05.584 (227.523267) DEC = -44:32:45.79 (-44.546053)
Discovery date: 2025-01-25 16:24:53.280 (JD=2460701.18395)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-25 16:24:53.280
Flux: 19.32 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-01-20 17:18:47
Limiting flux: 19.5 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/2025amt