TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 236510 [ 2024TNSTR4981....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-20 22:19:24
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024aekk
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24jef
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:17:29.490 (94.372877) DEC = -26:55:03.33 (-26.917593)
Discovery date: 2024-12-20 14:43:27.264 (JD=2460665.113506)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-20 14:43:27.264
Flux: 19.56 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-19 02:38:27
Limiting flux: 18.4 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/2024aekk