TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 209497 [ 2024TNSTR1402....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-05-06 07:31:28
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 2024ied
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24bhe
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:08:38.248 (212.159366) DEC = +44:00:08.34 (44.002318)
Discovery date: 2024-05-05 23:20:54.240 (JD=2460436.472846)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-05-05 23:20:54.240
Flux: 18.94 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-04-26 23:29:21
Limiting flux: 18.1 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/2024ied