TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 233430 [ 2024TNSTR4615....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-24 17:54:58
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 2024acab
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24ilc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:13:29.122 (93.37134) DEC = -66:58:07.97 (-66.96888)
Discovery date: 2024-11-21 11:44:56.256 (JD=2460635.989539)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-11-21 11:44:56.256
Flux: 18.92 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-11-12 12:40:14
Limiting flux: 19.3 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/2024acab