TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 209191 [ 2024TNSTR1357....1A ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-05-03 08:01:09
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

K. Ackley, G. Ramsay, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, K. Ulaczyk, D. Steeghs, D. Galloway, V. Dhillon, P. O'Brien, 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 2024hwt
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24bar
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:20:26.766 (170.111525) DEC = +62:07:17.27 (62.121465)
Discovery date: 2024-05-02 23:06:57.024 (JD=2460433.463164)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-05-02 23:06:57.024
Flux: 20.58 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-05-02 21:58:41
Limiting flux: 19.5 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/2024hwt