TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 216012 [ 2024TNSTR2136....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-27 11:01:42
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

T. Killestein, 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, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024mya
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24dbe
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:36:32.166 (39.134024) DEC = -46:47:52.61 (-46.797946)
Discovery date: 2024-06-23 19:41:19.104 (JD=2460485.320364)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-23 19:41:19.104
Flux: 19.27 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-12-25 11:33:54
Limiting flux: 19.2 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South


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