TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 224740 [ 2024TNSTR3332....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-06 07:39:03
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

A. Kumar, G. Ramsay, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, K. Ulaczyk, D. Steeghs, D. Galloway, V. Dhillon, P. O'Brien, 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 2024uts
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24fpu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:48:55.501 (282.231256) DEC = -42:38:51.26 (-42.647573)
Discovery date: 2024-08-30 11:23:11.616 (JD=2460552.974445)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-30 11:23:11.616
Flux: 19.84 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-28 10:23:59
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/2024uts