TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 222848 [ 2024TNSTR3110....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-27 16:40:27
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 2024sys
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24eye
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:35:58.337 (23.993071) DEC = -48:55:48.79 (-48.93022)
Discovery date: 2024-08-27 15:12:49.824 (JD=2460550.13391)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-27 15:12:49.824
Flux: 19.17 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-19 13:35:30
Limiting flux: 18.5 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/2024sys