TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 213576 [ 2024TNSTR1963....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-16 17:42:51
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

A. Kumar, D. O'Neill, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, K. Ulaczyk, D. Steeghs, D. Galloway, V. Dhillon, P. O'Brien, G. Ramsay, K. Noysena, R. Kotak, R. Breton, L. Nuttall, E. Pallé, D. Pollacco, T. Killestein, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024lix
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24csx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:26:33.648 (246.640202) DEC = +48:18:08.45 (48.302346)
Discovery date: 2024-06-13 23:49:24.960 (JD=2460475.492646)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-13 23:49:24.960
Flux: 19.62 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-07 23:17:34
Limiting flux: 20.6 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North


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