TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 233272 [ 2024TNSTR4601....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-23 08:39:19
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024abwc
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24iia
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:56:49.280 (179.205334) DEC = -47:33:15.24 (-47.554234)
Discovery date: 2024-11-13 17:15:32.832 (JD=2460628.219135)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-11-13 17:15:32.832
Flux: 18.49 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-11-04 17:57:06
Limiting flux: 18.8 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/2024abwc