TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 223992 [ 2024TNSTR3199....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-31 22:08:30
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 2024uca
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24fhd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:18:01.377 (4.505736) DEC = -30:30:16.82 (-30.504672)
Discovery date: 2024-08-28 12:15:34.848 (JD=2460551.010822)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-28 12:15:34.848
Flux: 19.72 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-22 16:57:54
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/2024uca