TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 209496 [ 2024TNSTR1402....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-05-06 07:27:33
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

G. Ramsay, K. Ackley, 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 2024iec
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24bhd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:33:27.750 (323.365627) DEC = -07:00:38.94 (-7.010816)
Discovery date: 2024-04-27 18:38:02.688 (JD=2460428.276419)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-27 18:38:02.688
Flux: 18.96 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-04-24 18:41:06
Limiting flux: 19.2 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South


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