TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 211997 [ 2024TNSTR1803....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-05 07:28:54
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024kjd
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24cku
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:59:42.276 (329.92615) DEC = -32:21:19.81 (-32.355502)
Discovery date: 2024-06-04 18:46:10.848 (JD=2460466.282073)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-04 18:46:10.848
Flux: 19.57 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-05-24 17:45:33
Limiting flux: 19.3 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/2024kjd