TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 233702 [ 2024TNSTR4642....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-26 10:18:30
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 2024acfg
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24inb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:07:55.948 (1.983118) DEC = -30:17:57.91 (-30.29942)
Discovery date: 2024-11-14 11:46:57.216 (JD=2460628.990944)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-11-14 11:46:57.216
Flux: 18.8 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-11-08 11:16:48
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/2024acfg