TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 212886 [ 2024TNSTR1868....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-10 20:48:31
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 2024kxe
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24cod
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:55:10.880 (358.795334) DEC = -37:27:51.03 (-37.464174)
Discovery date: 2024-06-10 19:33:16.128 (JD=2460472.314769)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-10 19:33:16.128
Flux: 19.78 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-05-28 17:42:20
Limiting flux: 19.6 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/2024kxe