TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 200186 [ 2024TNSTR.205....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-01-19 16:26:36
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

M. Kennedy, B. Gompertz, 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, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024and
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24cn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:01:04.930 (45.270541) DEC = -57:57:32.93 (-57.959147)
Discovery date: 2024-01-19 10:31:12.576 (JD=2460328.938344)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-01-19 10:31:12.576
Flux: 19.92 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-12-18 11:54:37
Limiting flux: 17.4 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/2024and