TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 223790 [ 2024TNSTR3179....1A ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-30 12:04:41
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024txw
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24fed
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:24:07.253 (306.03022) DEC = -48:01:25.34 (-48.023705)
Discovery date: 2024-08-28 10:44:52.512 (JD=2460550.947827)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-28 10:44:52.512
Flux: 19.17 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-22 13:13:59
Limiting flux: 18.1 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/2024txw