TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 208727 [ 2024TNSTR1259....1L ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-04-29 22:01:45
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024hnj
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24aul
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:50:58.204 (177.742515) DEC = -05:23:12.48 (-5.386799)
Discovery date: 2024-04-27 11:19:33.888 (JD=2460427.971918)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-27 11:19:33.888
Flux: 17.77 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-04-18 23:16:19
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/2024hnj