TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 236977 [ 2024TNSTR5047....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-24 11:35:17
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 2024aeuy
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24jig
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:18:23.837 (4.599321) DEC = -44:57:51.08 (-44.964189)
Discovery date: 2024-12-24 11:06:30.240 (JD=2460668.962852)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-24 11:06:30.240
Flux: 19.48 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-20 12:22:50
Limiting flux: 19.7 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/2024aeuy