TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 223754 [ 2024TNSTR3178....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-30 05:37:32
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024txg
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24ezn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:21:17.926 (80.324692) DEC = -32:29:45.63 (-32.496009)
Discovery date: 2024-08-07 18:31:45.120 (JD=2460530.27205)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-07 18:31:45.120
Flux: 20.05 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-30 19:05:30
Limiting flux: 19.7 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/2024txg