TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 216206 [ 2024TNSTR2168....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-29 07:42:01
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

A. Kumar, G. Ramsay, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, K. Ulaczyk, D. Steeghs, D. Galloway, V. Dhillon, P. O'Brien, 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 2024ncs
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24der
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:04:57.052 (346.237717) DEC = -32:41:15.53 (-32.687647)
Discovery date: 2024-06-28 15:02:38.112 (JD=2460490.126825)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-28 15:02:38.112
Flux: 18.63 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-10 19:07:17
Limiting flux: 20 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/2024ncs