TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 209983 [ 2024TNSTR1457....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-05-10 07:30:17
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 2024iml
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24bjx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:14:11.309 (273.547122) DEC = +64:47:32.20 (64.792279)
Discovery date: 2024-05-10 01:33:06.624 (JD=2460440.564663)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-05-10 01:33:06.624
Flux: 19.75 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-05-03 01:44:49
Limiting flux: 19.6 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North


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