TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 202033 [ 2024TNSTR.407....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-02-12 03:17:42
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024chl
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24gp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:23:39.333 (80.913887) DEC = -31:55:25.10 (-31.923639)
Discovery date: 2024-01-13 11:06:47.520 (JD=2460322.96305)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-01-13 11:06:47.520
Flux: 19.77 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-01-03 11:19:50
Limiting flux: 20.4 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/2024chl