TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 200389 [ 2024TNSTR.240....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-01-23 09:18:41
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 2024arf
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24fn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:21:04.470 (95.268624) DEC = -36:58:29.27 (-36.974797)
Discovery date: 2024-01-21 11:52:43.680 (JD=2460330.994948)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-01-21 11:52:43.680
Flux: 18.75 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-01-13 12:18:48
Limiting flux: 20 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/2024arf