TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 232978 [ 2024TNSTR4552....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-20 17:53:43
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

D. O'Neill, G. Ramsay, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, K. Ulaczyk, D. Steeghs, D. Galloway, V. Dhillon, P. O'Brien, 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 2024abow
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24ihd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:55:22.741 (73.844756) DEC = -63:05:51.09 (-63.097525)
Discovery date: 2024-11-20 10:55:10.272 (JD=2460634.954978)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-11-20 10:55:10.272
Flux: 19.44 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-11-16 11:11:08
Limiting flux: 19 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/2024abow