TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 200888 [ 2024TNSTR.291....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-01-30 10:18:43
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 2024bdx
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24hp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:07:15.526 (106.814691) DEC = +02:23:58.53 (2.399592)
Discovery date: 2024-01-30 00:11:52.800 (JD=2460339.508254)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-01-30 00:11:52.800
Flux: 18.97 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-01-19 22:38:15
Limiting flux: 19.1 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/2024bdx