TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 224269 [ 2024TNSTR3242....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-02 18:17:59
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024uid
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24fjt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:19:42.063 (349.925262) DEC = -39:37:18.87 (-39.621909)
Discovery date: 2024-09-01 10:52:39.936 (JD=2460554.953239)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-01 10:52:39.936
Flux: 19.36 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-23 12:09:20
Limiting flux: 19.4 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/2024uid