TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 211050 [ 2024TNSTR1660....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-05-27 10:10:48
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 2024jix
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24ced
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:10:48.381 (152.701587) DEC = -38:16:13.84 (-38.270511)
Discovery date: 2024-05-25 08:25:19.488 (JD=2460455.850916)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-05-25 08:25:19.488
Flux: 20 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-05-24 08:21:18
Limiting flux: 16.6 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/2024jix