TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 237166 [ 2024TNSTR5066....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-25 16:37:24
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 2024aeya
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24jkd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:43:05.419 (355.772581) DEC = -30:15:29.42 (-30.258171)
Discovery date: 2024-12-25 10:23:41.568 (JD=2460669.933119)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-25 10:23:41.568
Flux: 19.55 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-14 12:45:10
Limiting flux: 18.4 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/2024aeya