TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 206126 [ 2024TNSTR.850....1U ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-03-29 13:13:32
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

K. Ulaczyk, D. O'Neill, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, 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, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024fbw
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24aev
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:50:03.540 (117.514751) DEC = -27:32:09.00 (-27.535833)
Discovery date: 2024-03-29 09:05:31.776 (JD=2460398.878836)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-03-29 09:05:31.776
Flux: 20.16 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-03-28 09:06:05
Limiting flux: 19.5 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/2024fbw