TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 200297 [ 2024TNSTR.221....1U ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-01-21 19:46:55
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

K. Ulaczyk, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, 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 2024apk
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24da
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:21:54.223 (155.475929) DEC = -62:57:23.85 (-62.956626)
Discovery date: 2024-01-20 14:50:10.752 (JD=2460330.118179)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-01-20 14:50:10.752
Flux: 19.47 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-01-03 16:19:05
Limiting flux: 20.1 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/2024apk