TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 233710 [ 2024TNSTR4644....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-26 10:49:01
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024acfn
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24imc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:14:51.733 (18.715556) DEC = -41:22:27.19 (-41.374219)
Discovery date: 2024-11-21 11:19:25.248 (JD=2460635.971824)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-11-21 11:19:25.248
Flux: 19.6 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-11-13 14:26:40
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/2024acfn