TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 241376 [ 2025TNSTR.233....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-18 15:10:03
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 2024agop
Discoverer internal name: GOTO25bb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:42:10.063 (40.541928) DEC = -27:10:58.77 (-27.182992)
Discovery date: 2024-12-27 10:47:06.432 (JD=2460671.949384)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-27 10:47:06.432
Flux: 20.55 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-25 10:37:45
Limiting flux: 20.6 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/2024agop