TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 211346 [ 2024TNSTR1696....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-05-29 11:12:37
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 2024jrk
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24cgt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:48:45.098 (177.187908) DEC = -38:26:46.95 (-38.446375)
Discovery date: 2024-05-28 09:03:27.360 (JD=2460458.877402)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-05-28 09:03:27.360
Flux: 20.08 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-05-26 09:51:23
Limiting flux: 19.4 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/2024jrk