TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 216139 [ 2024TNSTR2152....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-28 13:51:35
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 2024nay
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24deg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:23:17.062 (290.821092) DEC = -62:24:00.64 (-62.400179)
Discovery date: 2024-06-26 13:54:04.608 (JD=2460488.079216)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-26 13:54:04.608
Flux: 18.88 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-19 11:44:31
Limiting flux: 18.4 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/2024nay