TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 224471 [ 2024TNSTR3289....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-04 10:30:50
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 2024unl
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24fns
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:35:55.781 (68.98242) DEC = +33:37:13.44 (33.620399)
Discovery date: 2024-08-31 02:08:35.520 (JD=2460553.589305)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-31 02:08:35.520
Flux: 18.41 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-23 04:42:59
Limiting flux: 19 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North


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