TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 234518 [ 2024TNSTR4709....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-01 08:42:07
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 2024acyb
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24iqn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:17:38.812 (334.411717) DEC = +19:42:11.77 (19.70327)
Discovery date: 2024-11-30 19:45:43.488 (JD=2460645.323423)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-11-30 19:45:43.488
Flux: 19.15 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-11-12 20:27:49
Limiting flux: 18.5 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024acyb