TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 222441 [ 2024TNSTR3052....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-23 13:27:45
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 2024sof
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24ewj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:22:40.164 (290.66735) DEC = -74:37:57.84 (-74.632732)
Discovery date: 2024-08-23 11:54:03.168 (JD=2460545.99587)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-23 11:54:03.168
Flux: 18.92 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-21 12:37:31
Limiting flux: 17.1 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/2024sof