TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 224206 [ 2024TNSTR3241....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-02 08:41:39
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 2024ugj
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24fkj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:34:37.825 (353.657603) DEC = -21:03:12.89 (-21.053581)
Discovery date: 2024-09-01 14:08:25.152 (JD=2460555.089181)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-01 14:08:25.152
Flux: 19.89 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-30 14:24:27
Limiting flux: 20 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/2024ugj