TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 236994 [ 2024TNSTR5045....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-24 11:57:39
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 2024aevi
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24jfd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:16:49.368 (94.205702) DEC = -31:55:27.94 (-31.924428)
Discovery date: 2024-12-19 10:24:48.096 (JD=2460663.933895)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-19 10:24:48.096
Flux: 19.81 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-15 10:38:50
Limiting flux: 18.7 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/2024aevi