TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 216327 [ 2024TNSTR2183....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-30 13:36:07
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 2024nfa
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24dec
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:28:42.163 (262.17568) DEC = -75:30:30.67 (-75.508519)
Discovery date: 2024-06-28 11:15:50.112 (JD=2460489.969327)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-28 11:15:50.112
Flux: 20.56 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-27 14:00:27
Limiting flux: 19.9 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/2024nfa