TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 236609 [ 2024TNSTR4998....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-21 16:07:41
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 2024aems
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24jfj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:59:40.966 (59.92069) DEC = -40:34:06.99 (-40.568608)
Discovery date: 2024-12-19 12:22:33.888 (JD=2460664.015672)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-19 12:22:33.888
Flux: 19.77 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-15 11:52:00
Limiting flux: 19.2 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South


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