TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 236203 [ 2024TNSTR4937....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-17 09:16:29
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 2024aedz
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24jbt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:00:11.996 (45.049984) DEC = -34:29:12.26 (-34.48674)
Discovery date: 2024-12-14 11:07:47.136 (JD=2460658.96374)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-14 11:07:47.136
Flux: 18.87 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-11-25 11:23:03
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/2024aedz