TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 224204 [ 2024TNSTR3241....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-02 08:36:45
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 2024ugh
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24fkq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:09:17.356 (17.322315) DEC = -20:53:43.95 (-20.895542)
Discovery date: 2024-09-01 15:10:18.624 (JD=2460555.132165)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-01 15:10:18.624
Flux: 20.3 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-28 13:23:55
Limiting flux: 19.9 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024ugh