TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 219296 [ 2024TNSTR2547....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-23 21:02:51
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 2024pyd
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24drh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:31:52.149 (352.967287) DEC = -78:55:50.85 (-78.930793)
Discovery date: 2024-07-23 12:04:18.336 (JD=2460515.002992)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-23 12:04:18.336
Flux: 18.45 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-27 14:53:04
Limiting flux: 19.5 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/2024pyd