TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 240923 [ 2025TNSTR.137....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-10 10:08:32
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

A. Kumar, 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, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2025iw
Discoverer internal name: GOTO25fv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:30:58.388 (202.743283) DEC = -21:50:45.98 (-21.846106)
Discovery date: 2025-01-03 16:53:52.512 (JD=2460679.204082)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-03 16:53:52.512
Flux: 18.77 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-31 06:21:33
Limiting flux: 18.2 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/2025iw