TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 209354 [ 2024TNSTR1381....1U ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-05-04 08:13:26
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

K. Ulaczyk, G. Ramsay, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, 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 2024iae
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24bdu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:27:08.812 (186.786716) DEC = +64:44:38.03 (64.743897)
Discovery date: 2024-05-03 21:26:31.488 (JD=2460434.39342)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-05-03 21:26:31.488
Flux: 20.81 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-05-03 00:30:49
Limiting flux: 19.4 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024iae