TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 232426 [ 2024TNSTR4479....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-13 12:08:15
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: AT 2024aban
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24ifp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:03:17.680 (45.823666) DEC = -51:46:43.27 (-51.778685)
Discovery date: 2024-11-05 11:37:49.440 (JD=2460619.984597)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-11-05 11:37:49.440
Flux: 19.8 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-11-01 14:21:54
Limiting flux: 20.1 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/2024aban