TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 222852 [ 2024TNSTR3113....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-27 16:48:12
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024syv
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24exw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:17:46.290 (4.442875) DEC = -44:26:30.27 (-44.441741)
Discovery date: 2024-08-27 14:09:23.040 (JD=2460550.089852)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-27 14:09:23.040
Flux: 19.33 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-22 13:41:23
Limiting flux: 18.2 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/2024syv