TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 224212 [ 2024TNSTR3241....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-02 09:06:44
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 2024ugn
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24fad
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:15:57.726 (213.990526) DEC = -30:13:50.74 (-30.230762)
Discovery date: 2024-08-21 09:15:08.928 (JD=2460543.885517)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-21 09:15:08.928
Flux: 19.37 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-18 10:37:27
Limiting flux: 19.2 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/2024ugn