TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 218562 [ 2024TNSTR2372....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-11 03:41:19
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024pha
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24dlw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:10:40.052 (332.666884) DEC = -30:54:26.24 (-30.907288)
Discovery date: 2024-06-27 18:36:25.056 (JD=2460489.275289)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-27 18:36:25.056
Flux: 19.65 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-10 18:33:07
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/2024pha