TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 233180 [ 2024TNSTR4583....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-22 10:13:38
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024abtn
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24iii
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:07:33.168 (301.8882) DEC = -53:08:31.74 (-53.142149)
Discovery date: 2024-11-22 09:56:56.256 (JD=2460636.914539)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-11-22 09:56:56.256
Flux: 19.56 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-11-16 10:05:40
Limiting flux: 19.2 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/2024abtn