TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 241239 [ 2025TNSTR.223....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-17 06:29:25
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 2025oq
Discoverer internal name: GOTO25io
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:04:38.435 (136.160146) DEC = +18:27:59.77 (18.466604)
Discovery date: 2025-01-17 00:35:00.384 (JD=2460692.524308)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-17 00:35:00.384
Flux: 18.73 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-01-16 23:12:20
Limiting flux: 18.6 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://sandbox.wis-tns.org/object/2025oq