TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 210690 [ 2024TNSTR1590....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-05-20 07:04:35
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 2024jdj
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24bvy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:19:20.383 (154.834928) DEC = -48:16:10.77 (-48.269659)
Discovery date: 2024-05-19 09:17:44.448 (JD=2460449.887317)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-05-19 09:17:44.448
Flux: 18.41 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-03-26 12:29:14
Limiting flux: 19.5 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/2024jdj