TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 238216 [ 2024TNSTR5152....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-30 12:57:08
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 2024afyp
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24jro
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:17:05.847 (124.274364) DEC = -65:51:55.92 (-65.865532)
Discovery date: 2024-12-28 10:42:55.872 (JD=2460672.946477)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-28 10:42:55.872
Flux: 19.5 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-25 10:56:38
Limiting flux: 19.8 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/2024afyp