TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 200194 [ 2024TNSTR.204....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-01-19 16:54:58
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

M. Kennedy, B. Gompertz, G. Ramsay, K. Ackley, K. Ulaczyk, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, , 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, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024ane
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24co
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:58:54.887 (44.728697) DEC = -55:57:00.92 (-55.950256)
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: 19.82 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/2024ane