TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 223737 [ 2024TNSTR3161....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-29 21:46:14
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 2024txa
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24fcd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:45:33.729 (56.390537) DEC = -09:54:14.55 (-9.904043)
Discovery date: 2024-08-27 17:56:09.312 (JD=2460550.247332)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-27 17:56:09.312
Flux: 19.57 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-22 16:30:48
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/2024txa