TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 200423 [ 2024TNSTR.237....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-01-23 18:49:05
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

B. Godson, K. Ulaczyk, G. Ramsay, K. Ackley, 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 2024arp
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24fw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:40:27.704 (85.115433) DEC = -49:39:52.33 (-49.664536)
Discovery date: 2024-01-19 11:50:56.544 (JD=2460328.993715)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-01-19 11:50:56.544
Flux: 18.19 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-01-03 11:47:08
Limiting flux: 20.1 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/2024arp