TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 237105 [ 2024TNSTR5066....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-25 10:55:00
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 2024aexj
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24jjw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:07:43.596 (331.93165) DEC = -18:16:00.45 (-18.266791)
Discovery date: 2024-12-25 10:19:00.768 (JD=2460669.929872)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-25 10:19:00.768
Flux: 18.38 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-11-26 11:19:19
Limiting flux: 20 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/2024aexj