TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 216000 [ 2024TNSTR2131....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-27 09:08:20
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

A. Kumar, D. Steeghs, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, K. Ulaczyk, D. Galloway, V. Dhillon, P. O'Brien, G. Ramsay, 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 2024mxt
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24dbg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:19:41.237 (139.921819) DEC = -13:21:09.45 (-13.352625)
Discovery date: 2024-06-26 08:26:16.512 (JD=2460487.851577)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-26 08:26:16.512
Flux: 18.76 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-05-29 08:49:10
Limiting flux: 21 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/2024mxt