TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 210781 [ 2024TNSTR1614....1U ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-05-22 12:27:28
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

K. Ulaczyk, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, 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 2024jfi
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24bzw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:10:31.050 (167.629375) DEC = -44:27:40.38 (-44.461216)
Discovery date: 2024-05-20 08:54:29.952 (JD=2460450.871182)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-05-20 08:54:29.952
Flux: 18.77 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-05-16 10:34:03
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/2024jfi