TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 216116 [ 2024TNSTR2155....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-28 11:52:10
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024nag
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24dea
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:34:41.209 (203.671706) DEC = -48:58:52.45 (-48.981237)
Discovery date: 2024-06-19 09:13:29.568 (JD=2460480.884367)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-19 09:13:29.568
Flux: 17.68 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-05-29 10:52:04
Limiting flux: 20.8 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/2024nag