TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 237319 [ 2024TNSTR5090....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-27 12:08:29
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024afbb
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24jmj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:49:23.475 (42.347812) DEC = -26:41:49.92 (-26.697201)
Discovery date: 2024-12-23 10:43:49.440 (JD=2460667.947096)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-23 10:43:49.440
Flux: 20.76 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-22 14:33:29
Limiting flux: 19.7 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/2024afbb