TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 216009 [ 2024TNSTR2133....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-27 10:43:26
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024mxy
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24dbr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:29:28.554 (187.368973) DEC = -46:43:44.49 (-46.729024)
Discovery date: 2024-06-27 09:01:27.264 (JD=2460488.876009)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-27 09:01:27.264
Flux: 19.2 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-05-28 10:05:26
Limiting flux: 20.7 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/2024mxy