TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 237141 [ 2024TNSTR5066....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-25 12:37:46
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 2024aexo
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24jjz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:41:45.607 (130.440028) DEC = -66:47:17.81 (-66.788281)
Discovery date: 2024-12-21 12:18:50.112 (JD=2460666.013083)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-21 12:18:50.112
Flux: 19.57 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-08 13:38:28
Limiting flux: 19.5 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/2024aexo