TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 210860 [ 2024TNSTR1631....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-05-24 12:44:31
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024jgf
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24cca
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:19:05.344 (199.772268) DEC = -37:04:01.86 (-37.067182)
Discovery date: 2024-05-24 09:46:09.984 (JD=2460454.907061)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-05-24 09:46:09.984
Flux: 17.55 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-05-22 11:42:54
Limiting flux: 19.5 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/2024jgf