TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 233729 [ 2024TNSTR4643....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-26 12:09:18
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024acfw
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24iop
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:31:39.947 (322.916445) DEC = -72:12:27.99 (-72.207775)
Discovery date: 2024-11-22 09:58:17.472 (JD=2460636.915483)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-11-22 09:58:17.472
Flux: 19.59 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-11-16 10:14:51
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/2024acfw