TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 209502 [ 2024TNSTR1401....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-05-06 10:02:22
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024ieg
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24bcr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:39:10.303 (234.79293) DEC = -01:36:36.90 (-1.61025)
Discovery date: 2024-05-02 00:08:58.272 (JD=2460432.506234)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-05-02 00:08:58.272
Flux: 19.31 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-04-27 13:39:48
Limiting flux: 19.7 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/2024ieg