TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 210796 [ 2024TNSTR1626....1B ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-05-23 09:03:02
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

S. Belkin, D. Steeghs, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, K. Ulaczyk, 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 2024jfn
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24cbk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:11:14.964 (152.812349) DEC = -35:41:46.66 (-35.696294)
Discovery date: 2024-05-22 08:15:27.648 (JD=2460452.844072)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-05-22 08:15:27.648
Flux: 18.64 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-05-20 08:16:40
Limiting flux: 19.7 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024jfn