TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 207895 [ 2024TNSTR1112....1U ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-04-18 06:41:59
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

K. Ulaczyk, 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, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024gtd
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24ajn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:45:15.433 (281.314303) DEC = +13:48:12.42 (13.80345)
Discovery date: 2024-04-12 17:51:57.888 (JD=2460413.244415)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-12 17:51:57.888
Flux: 18.4 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-03-19 05:11:48
Limiting flux: 18.9 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/2024gtd