TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 209181 [ 2024TNSTR1325....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-05-02 23:41:43
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

B. Gompertz, K. Ackley, A. Kumar, 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, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024hwn
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24azq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:45:20.191 (161.334131) DEC = +63:23:03.28 (63.384245)
Discovery date: 2024-05-02 21:58:40.800 (JD=2460433.415748)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-05-02 21:58:40.800
Flux: 20.06 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-04-21 22:38:57
Limiting flux: 18.8 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/2024hwn