TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 200388 [ 2024TNSTR.240....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-01-23 08:50:04
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

T. Killestein, 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, A. Kumar, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024are
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24fe
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:59:45.126 (269.938025) DEC = +27:07:27.82 (27.124395)
Discovery date: 2024-01-23 06:46:50.592 (JD=2460332.782531)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-01-23 06:46:50.592
Flux: 19.58 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-10-20 20:05:13
Limiting flux: 19.7 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024are