TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 199411 [ 2024TNSTR..89....1U ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-01-09 11:51:33
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

K. Ulaczyk, T. Killestein, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, D. Steeghs, D. Galloway, V. Dhillon, P. O'Brien, G. Ramsay, K. Noysena, R. Kotak, R. Breton, L. Nuttall, E. Pallé, D. Pollacco, A. Kumar, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024up
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24C
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:56:18.359 (14.076494) DEC = -08:57:20.32 (-8.955645)
Discovery date: 2024-01-08 20:56:57.696 (JD=2460318.372889)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-01-08 20:56:57.696
Flux: 19.92 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-12-14 22:26:24
Limiting flux: 20.6 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/2024up