TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 246209 [ 2025TNSTR.824....1U ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-02-28 08:24:05
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

K. Ulaczyk, G. Ramsay, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, 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, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2025cxf
Discoverer internal name: GOTO25avt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:48:38.928 (267.162201) DEC = +29:45:40.62 (29.761284)
Discovery date: 2025-02-28 05:29:13.632 (JD=2460734.728631)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-02-28 05:29:13.632
Flux: 19.09 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-02-16 05:15:41
Limiting flux: 18.8 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/2025cxf