TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 207843 [ 2024TNSTR1096....1A ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-04-17 11:43:00
Date made public:
Sender: Ting-Wan Chen
Reporting Group: Kinder     Discovery Data Source: Kinder

A. Aryan (NCUIA), S. Yang (HNAS), T.-W. Chen, W.-J. Hou, C.-H. Lai, A. Sankar.K, Y.-C. Pan (all NCUIA), S. J. Smartt (Oxford/QUB), K. W. Smith (QUB), H.-Y. Hsiao, M.-H. Lee, C.-C. Ngeow, C.-S. Lin, H.-C. Lin, J.-K. Guo (all NCUIA), J. Gillanders, L. Rhodes, S. Srivastav (all Oxford), T. Moore and M. Fulton (both QUB) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024gsa
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:46:01.725 (191.507187) DEC = -09:43:08.87 (-9.719131)
Discovery date: 2024-04-14 12:50:24.000 (JD=2460415.035)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J124601.99-094309.3

Remarks: Based on the GCN 36094 "EP240414a: Kinder optical counterpart candidate possibly associated with the galaxy SDSS J124601.99-094309.3"

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-14 12:50:24.000
Flux: 21.52 ABMag
Filter: r-Sloan
Instrument: Other
Telescope: Other

Remarks: LO:1m; Lulin One-meter Telescope

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: Legacy Survey DR10 images

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