TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 209047 [ 2024TNSTR1328....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-05-02 07:54:19
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 2024huh
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24ayt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:01:38.900 (165.412083) DEC = +26:51:34.69 (26.859637)
Discovery date: 2024-04-30 21:30:55.008 (JD=2460431.396472)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-30 21:30:55.008
Flux: 20.03 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-04-25 21:43:28
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/2024huh