TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 208661 [ 2024TNSTR1257....1G ]
Date Received (UTC): 2024-04-29 08:24:03
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO Discovery Data Source: GOTO
B. Gompertz, K. Ackley, J. Lyman, T. Killestein, L. Kelsey, E. Wickens, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, 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 2024hlk
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24atr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:18:30.834 (199.628474) DEC = +07:47:43.39 (7.795387)
Discovery date: 2024-04-06 22:38:24.576 (JD=2460407.443336)
Remarks: This transient was discovered with the assistance of the GOTO Kilonova Seekers Citizen Scientists on Zooniverse. The candidate was flagged by volunteers: Jose Alberto da Silva Campos, Svetoslav Alexandrov, Henryk Krawczyk, Antonio Pasqua, Mayahuel Torres Guerrero
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-06 22:38:24.576
Flux: 20.07 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-03-19 02:53:29
Limiting flux: 19.5 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/2024hlk
Date Received (UTC): 2024-04-29 08:24:03
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO Discovery Data Source: GOTO
B. Gompertz, K. Ackley, J. Lyman, T. Killestein, L. Kelsey, E. Wickens, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, 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 2024hlk
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24atr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:18:30.834 (199.628474) DEC = +07:47:43.39 (7.795387)
Discovery date: 2024-04-06 22:38:24.576 (JD=2460407.443336)
Remarks: This transient was discovered with the assistance of the GOTO Kilonova Seekers Citizen Scientists on Zooniverse. The candidate was flagged by volunteers: Jose Alberto da Silva Campos, Svetoslav Alexandrov, Henryk Krawczyk, Antonio Pasqua, Mayahuel Torres Guerrero
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-06 22:38:24.576
Flux: 20.07 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-03-19 02:53:29
Limiting flux: 19.5 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/2024hlk