TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 244947 [ 2025TNSTR.655....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-02-18 16:45:32
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

D. O'Neill, G. Ramsay, 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 2025bxz
Discoverer internal name: GOTO25akr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:55:20.591 (88.835795) DEC = -66:05:23.71 (-66.089919)
Discovery date: 2025-02-18 13:38:57.408 (JD=2460725.068715)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-02-18 13:38:57.408
Flux: 19.14 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-02-06 12:28:24
Limiting flux: 19.5 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/2025bxz