TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 237005 [ 2024TNSTR5046....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-24 13:31:58
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024aevt
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24jiq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:47:59.986 (116.999941) DEC = -00:45:43.22 (-0.762006)
Discovery date: 2024-12-20 12:15:17.568 (JD=2460665.010621)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-20 12:15:17.568
Flux: 19.71 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-13 13:30:33
Limiting flux: 19 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/2024aevt