TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 207029 [ 2024TNSTR.963....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-04-07 13:20:33
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

G. Ramsay, K. Ulaczyk, 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 2024fxk
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24ahr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:36:16.796 (159.069983) DEC = +31:49:21.53 (31.822648)
Discovery date: 2024-04-03 22:04:50.592 (JD=2460404.420033)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-03 22:04:50.592
Flux: 19.09 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-03-18 21:16:49
Limiting flux: 18.8 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024fxk