TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 237006 [ 2024TNSTR5046....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-24 13:47:00
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 2024aevu
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24jis
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:26:40.883 (66.670346) DEC = -23:40:17.95 (-23.671654)
Discovery date: 2024-12-24 13:29:34.944 (JD=2460669.062213)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-24 13:29:34.944
Flux: 19.57 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-13 15:29:20
Limiting flux: 19.1 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/2024aevu