TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 208774 [ 2024TNSTR1276....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-04-30 11:37:44
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 2024hob
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24arq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:41:39.509 (175.41462) DEC = -34:43:53.97 (-34.731659)
Discovery date: 2024-04-24 12:43:45.696 (JD=2460425.030394)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-24 12:43:45.696
Flux: 18.65 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-04-18 10:54:06
Limiting flux: 19.6 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/2024hob