TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 222118 [ 2024TNSTR2964....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-16 10:56:12
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 2024shu
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24etf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:30:06.958 (52.528992) DEC = +04:57:41.08 (4.96141)
Discovery date: 2024-08-12 04:26:56.832 (JD=2460534.685377)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-12 04:26:56.832
Flux: 18.98 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-06 04:03:09
Limiting flux: 19.1 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North


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