TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 210556 [ 2024TNSTR1557....1A ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-05-17 14:06:58
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024jad
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24bte
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:48:44.829 (237.186789) DEC = -40:18:46.92 (-40.313034)
Discovery date: 2024-05-14 12:25:16.320 (JD=2460445.017546)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-05-14 12:25:16.320
Flux: 18.53 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-04-28 13:02:44
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/2024jad