TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 208479 [ 2024TNSTR1222....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-04-26 10:14:31
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024hgy
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24aqy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:43:54.272 (145.976135) DEC = -17:57:09.98 (-17.952772)
Discovery date: 2024-04-16 10:10:24.096 (JD=2460416.923891)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-16 10:10:24.096
Flux: 20.55 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-04-14 10:18:30
Limiting flux: 19.8 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/2024hgy