TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 216334 [ 2024TNSTR2184....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-30 14:15:22
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

D. O'Neill, 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, A. Kumar, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024nfc
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24dfx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:54:28.261 (313.617756) DEC = -15:01:49.36 (-15.030377)
Discovery date: 2024-06-28 14:03:58.176 (JD=2460490.086089)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-28 14:03:58.176
Flux: 19.72 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-27 01:50:31
Limiting flux: 17.9 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North


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