TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 222168 [ 2024TNSTR2963....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-16 23:09:53
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024six
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24eqb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:36:18.619 (9.077578) DEC = -11:51:19.13 (-11.855314)
Discovery date: 2024-08-08 16:15:48.096 (JD=2460531.177642)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-08 16:15:48.096
Flux: 19.69 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-07 03:59:16
Limiting flux: 19.1 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North


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