TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 208589 [ 2024TNSTR1245....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-04-28 12:09:34
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

G. Ramsay, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, K. Ulaczyk, 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 2024hjj
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24ate
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:33:05.864 (173.274434) DEC = -11:41:31.79 (-11.692163)
Discovery date: 2024-04-28 11:30:46.080 (JD=2460428.979705)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-28 11:30:46.080
Flux: 19.61 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-04-18 21:20:57
Limiting flux: 18.9 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North


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