TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 208732 [ 2024TNSTR1279....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-04-30 05:15:12
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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 2024hnn
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24aus
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:29:57.351 (187.488963) DEC = +16:05:43.79 (16.095496)
Discovery date: 2024-04-30 00:14:29.184 (JD=2460430.510064)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-30 00:14:29.184
Flux: 19.56 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-04-25 22:32:10
Limiting flux: 19.6 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/2024hnn