TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 237785 [ 2024TNSTR5131....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-29 12:39:46
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

G. Ramsay, D. O'Neill, 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 2024afne
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24jpk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:04:32.634 (16.135977) DEC = -32:11:32.73 (-32.192424)
Discovery date: 2024-12-20 11:24:19.008 (JD=2460664.975221)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-20 11:24:19.008
Flux: 19.77 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-16 11:00:48
Limiting flux: 19.6 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/2024afne