TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 224366 [ 2024TNSTR3261....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-03 13:48:21
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

A. Kumar, D. O'Neill, 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 2024ukw
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24fgp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:36:51.349 (339.213956) DEC = -34:07:45.51 (-34.129307)
Discovery date: 2024-08-29 10:23:37.248 (JD=2460551.933072)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-29 10:23:37.248
Flux: 19.4 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-27 13:41:13
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/2024ukw