TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 210314 [ 2024TNSTR1511....1U ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-05-14 09:35:44
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

K. Ulaczyk, D. O'Neill, G. Ramsay, T. Killestein, A. Kumar, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, D. Steeghs, D. Galloway, V. Dhillon, P. O'Brien, K. Noysena, R. Kotak, R. Breton, L. Nuttall, E. Pallé, D. Pollacco on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024iug
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24bnx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:23:35.075 (140.896147) DEC = -20:26:48.84 (-20.446899)
Discovery date: 2024-05-14 08:52:52.320 (JD=2460444.870046)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-05-14 08:52:52.320
Flux: 20.19 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-04-14 09:58:07
Limiting flux: 19.8 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/2024iug