TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 223734 [ 2024TNSTR3159....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-29 21:11:30
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 2024twx
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24fcn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:26:25.609 (351.606706) DEC = -55:34:03.63 (-55.567675)
Discovery date: 2024-08-27 14:18:35.136 (JD=2460550.09624)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-27 14:18:35.136
Flux: 19.61 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-22 13:32:20
Limiting flux: 18.4 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/2024twx