TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 210395 [ 2024TNSTR1524....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-05-15 07:19:46
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 2024iwh
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24bpy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:42:59.570 (175.748207) DEC = -23:43:11.37 (-23.719825)
Discovery date: 2024-05-08 08:35:11.328 (JD=2460438.857771)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-05-08 08:35:11.328
Flux: 19.72 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-04-27 10:22:41
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/2024iwh