TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 216951 [ 2024TNSTR2239....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-04 21:21:44
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 2024nvs
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24dij
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:31:04.381 (52.768253) DEC = -48:15:51.41 (-48.264281)
Discovery date: 2024-06-26 18:41:36.096 (JD=2460488.278887)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-26 18:41:36.096
Flux: 19.35 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-01-18 14:44:00
Limiting flux: 20.3 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/2024nvs