TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 237668 [ 2024TNSTR5129....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-29 09:57:08
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

D. O'Neill, G. Ramsay, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, K. Ulaczyk, D. Steeghs, D. Galloway, V. Dhillon, P. O'Brien, 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 2024afjr
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24jni
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:42:36.009 (100.650039) DEC = -25:24:55.28 (-25.415355)
Discovery date: 2024-12-28 11:25:12.576 (JD=2460672.97584)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-28 11:25:12.576
Flux: 19.88 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-26 10:50:38
Limiting flux: 19.9 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/2024afjr