TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 208828 [ 2024TNSTR1275....1A ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-04-30 23:02:57
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024hpf
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24awu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:55:46.046 (178.941859) DEC = +23:31:32.68 (23.525745)
Discovery date: 2024-04-12 12:01:43.680 (JD=2460413.001199)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-12 12:01:43.680
Flux: 20.66 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-04-11 22:33:40
Limiting flux: 19 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/2024hpf