TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 222525 [ 2024TNSTR3063....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-24 13:36:15
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 2024spt
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24exp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:45:54.424 (221.476765) DEC = -33:55:49.40 (-33.930388)
Discovery date: 2024-08-23 09:55:51.456 (JD=2460545.913793)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-23 09:55:51.456
Flux: 19.05 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-19 09:49:51
Limiting flux: 19.2 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/2024spt