TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 209564 [ 2024TNSTR1416....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-05-07 09:58:58
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

T. Killestein, 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, A. Kumar, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024ifx
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24bhn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:38:07.880 (324.532834) DEC = +03:52:15.27 (3.870908)
Discovery date: 2024-05-07 04:07:47.712 (JD=2460437.672078)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-05-07 04:07:47.712
Flux: 19.66 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-04-29 19:27:18
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/2024ifx