TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 212000 [ 2024TNSTR1805....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-05 08:00:52
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 2024kje
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24clb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:30:14.678 (217.561158) DEC = +24:45:06.74 (24.751872)
Discovery date: 2024-06-04 22:06:41.184 (JD=2460466.421314)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-04 22:06:41.184
Flux: 20.1 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-03 21:56:55
Limiting flux: 19.4 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North


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