TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 247823 [ 2025TNSTR.972....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-03-13 19:41:42
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

D. O'Neill, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, K. Ulaczyk, 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: SN 2025efq
Discoverer internal name: GOTO25baq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:27:09.952 (306.791466) DEC = -35:14:41.47 (-35.244852)
Discovery date: 2025-03-13 18:20:48.480 (JD=2460748.264455)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-03-13 18:20:48.480
Flux: 18.72 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-11-22 10:03:00
Limiting flux: 20 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/2025efq