TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 232290 [ 2024TNSTR4434....1A ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-11 20:03:36
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024aaxu
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24iej
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:36:35.959 (159.14983) DEC = -27:31:06.43 (-27.518454)
Discovery date: 2024-11-08 17:32:36.672 (JD=2460623.23098)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-11-08 17:32:36.672
Flux: 17.91 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-30 17:54:02
Limiting flux: 19.7 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/2024aaxu