TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 216653 [ 2024TNSTR2210....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-02 09:29:57
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 2024nom
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24dhh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:51:37.246 (42.905192) DEC = -25:38:54.18 (-25.648382)
Discovery date: 2024-06-24 18:57:13.536 (JD=2460486.289738)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-24 18:57:13.536
Flux: 19.27 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-02-05 20:39:11
Limiting flux: 20.2 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South


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