TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 224572 [ 2024TNSTR3314....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-05 10:31:17
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 2024upz
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24fpk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:14:06.152 (273.525632) DEC = +11:55:15.41 (11.920946)
Discovery date: 2024-09-03 21:40:35.616 (JD=2460557.403188)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-03 21:40:35.616
Flux: 18.03 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-28 22:45:25
Limiting flux: 18.5 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North


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